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## Blocks or JavaScript
The student can program the BBC micro:bit using [visual blocks](http://www.github.com/Google/blockly) or JavaScript.
The student can program the BBC micro:bit using Blocks or JavaScript.
```blocks
basic.showString("Hi!");
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## Compile and Flash
When a user has her code ready, she can connect her BBC micro:bit to a computer via a USB cable, so it appears as a mounted drive.
When a user has her code ready, she can connect her BBC micro:bit to a computer via a USB cable, so it appears as a mounted drive (named MICROBIT).
Compilation to the ARM thumb machine code happens in the browser.
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which flashes the micro:bit device with the new program.
## Simulator: Test Your Code
Before a student compiles her code for the micro:bit, she can run it using the micro:bit simulator, all within the confines of a web browser.
The simulator has support for the LED screen, buttons, as well as compass, accelerometer, and digital I/O pins.