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Dexter Industries has just announced<\/a>\u00a0the launch of the new version\u00a0of their DexterOS operating system. They use a Blockly-style programming language called Bloxter for the visual programming side and you can now make the move to Python more easily because they show the Python code side-by-side with the Bloxter code. They’ve also added the ability to download and upload code within the browser-based interface and log sensor data. I used DexterOS quite a bit recently when I reviewed Dexter’s\u00a0GoPiGo 3\u00a0kit<\/a> and I was very impressed. It’s well worth giving it a go! Read more about the new release here<\/a>\u00a0and download the latest version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dexter Industries has just announced\u00a0the launch of the new version\u00a0of their DexterOS operating system. They use a Blockly-style programming language called Bloxter for the visual programming side and you can now make the move to Python more easily because they…<\/p>\n

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