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River Wang
Season 6 · Episode 51

River Wang

The CircuitPython Show · Paul Cutler

November 24, 202527m 13s

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Show Notes

Paul welcomes River Wang to the show. River was a STEAM teacher before becoming a full time software developer 3 years ago. He created the CircuitPython Online IDE, a browser based platform that allows users to work on a CircuitPython project on the web or as a self-hosted website.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:29 River’s start with computers and electronics

3:42 River’s start with Python

4:31 Teaching

5:42 Discovering CircuitPython

9:18 Creating the CircuitPython Online IDE

13:04 How the CircuitPython Online IDE works

14:28 The challenges in building the CircuitPython Online IDE

20:34 Self-hosting the CircuitPython Online IDE

19:02 How the CircuitPython Online IDE helps educators

20:34 CircuitPython Online IDE’s key features

23:13 What’s next for the CircuitPython Online IDE

24:41 How to support the CircuitPython Online IDE

25:05 Where to learn more

25:23 Which board?