Peli de Halleux
Principal Research Software Engineer
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MicroCode: Portable programming for the BBC micro:bit
| Eric Anderson, Thomas Ball, Peli de Halleux, James Devine, and Michal Moskal
MicroCode offers an affordable way to program the BBC micro:bit without needing an internet connection, fostering exploratory learning.
Research Focus: Week of May 13, 2024
Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. Large language models (LLMs) have shown remarkable performance in generating text similar to…
MakeCode for Minecraft makes learning to code super fun
| Peli de Halleux
A few years ago, my group in Microsoft’s research organization began to experiment with tools that make it possible for kids to learn how to code in the context of Minecraft, the wildly popular game where players build fantastical…