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Step 1: Start a project in MakeCode

Go to makecode.microbit.org in Chrome or Edge. Click New Project, call it badge and click Create. Plug the micro:bit into the computer. Click the three dots next to Download, then Connect device, and follow the steps on screen.

The MakeCode editor: a micro:bit on the left, the block menus Basic, Input, Music, Led, Radio, Loops, Logic, Variables and Math in the middle, and the on start and forever blocks in the workspace