In this book, you'll discover the most powerful, low-cost, creative development platform available! From Adafruit Industries, a leader in products to Makers, designers, students young and old, comes the Circuit Playground Express. CPX is full of sensors and interactive lights in a 2 inch circular development and experimenting board. Connect it to your PC/Mac/Chromebook/Linux device, and you can be programming interactive projects in minutes. You have a choice of programming environments to choose from: Python, the Microsoft MakeCode graphical building block environment, C/C++ via the Arduino development environment and JavaScript. I am grateful to Adafruit for trusting me with introducing people to the marvelous Circuit Playground Express board. Teachers, hobbyists, folks young and old, all post that the board is the easiest way to get programming within one sitting, one class, to the point of creating one's own code. The bonus that may not be apparent in Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express is the extensive community of support that is available. From Adafruit forums and the Adafruit Discord chat, you find personalized support. In the Adafruit Learning System, you'll see a cornucopia of projects and tutorials featuring Circuit Playground Express in introductory and more advanced guides. The book will provide that all important Getting Started launch. The support from Adafruit and their community will get you the rest of the way. This is the perfect starting point and I hope you find yourself experiencing a fruitful journey with Circuit Playground Express. Discover the most powerful, low-cost creative development platform available! From Adafruit Industries, it's Circuit Playground Express. Connect it to your PC/Mac/Linux device and you can be programming interactive projects in minutes. Whether you are learning interactive programming, have an Internet of Things project in mind, or are looking to design on-the-go wearable electronics, Circuit Playground Express is the device to start with. In Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express you'll learn: How to program Circuit Playground Express in different programming languages including Python, C/C++, Microsoft MakeCode, and Javascript - How to connect your Circuit Playground Express to your computer for programming - How the powerful processor and plethora of included sensors and displays allow you to make hundreds of interactive projects - How to make colorful, interactive displays - How to design your own Internet of things device The world is your playground. Go out and play! Engineer and Maker Anne Barela is currently a consultant for Adafruit Industries, LLC. She retired in 2018 as a senior Foreign Service Officer and Security Engineering Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Anne is a graduate of Whitman College (mathematics/physics) and the California Institute of Technology (electrical engineering). She has also worked at Hewlett-Packard, the Caltech/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Boeing. An avid electronics enthusiast, she started with a workbench and Radio Shack parts in high school. Anne is the author of the book Make: Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket (as Mike Barela) as well as tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System at learn.adafruit.com.