Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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You'll learn step-by-step how to connect to your SPIKE Prime hub via the command line, run Python code and save your script into a program slot. You can make the connection over Bluetooth or USB. For this project, where I program a LEGO SPIKE Prime monkey to swing with Python, Bluetooth was easier. I'm using an Apple Mac computer running OS X Catalina, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and some command-line tools. The links are below.

Building instructions are here:
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These are the links to the tools I'm using in the video:
- code.visualstudio.com/download
- https://brew.sh/
- github.com/nutki/spike-tools