River Wang

About this episode

Paul Cutler interviews River Wang about his journey from STEAM teacher to software developer and the creation of the CircuitPython Online IDE.

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. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . 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 The CircuitPython Online IDE GitHub Repository YouTube Twitter Fosstodon 25:23 Which board? Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com . Thank you for your support!

People in this episode

Host: Paul Cutler

Guest: River Wang

Topics covered

• CircuitPython
• software development
• education
• online IDE
• STEAM teaching

Keywords

• CircuitPython
• online IDE
• software development
• education
• Python
• self-hosting
• STEAM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CircuitPython Online IDE, GitHub, YouTube, Twitter, Fosstodon, CircuitPython Show

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