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The Quick Start Guide for Teachers

The Quick Start Guide for Teachers #docs

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The Quick Start Guide for Teachers is available in PDF.

Resources

The currently available on-line resources from the Quick Start Guide are the

Errata

  • compilation to the @boardname@ now works off line, based on a new compiler in the web browser. The text and picture below replaces the text and picture on page 10 of the Guide:

How does my program get onto the @boardname@?

For your program to work on the @boardname@, first it has to be compiled. Compiling means to translate a program into a more efficient computer language. When you hit the compile button on the Microsoft Touch Develop Editor interface, your program is compiled into a hex file that contains the machine code in the instruction set used by the ARM processor that is on your @boardname@. Compiling to ARM machine code actually happens in the web browser, where the code from script is joined with the machine code of the @boardname@ runtime.