Espruino IDE on Windows 10?

Wed 2018.08.29

Hello @billsalt,

re: 'how to talk to the pixl I had him buy...'

Face the Pixl and say: "Hello Pixl, I recommended you to a friend. I'm on the hook for this decision. Please reply. . . ." ;-)

As you are asking for your friend, [or is this quote friend un-quote supposedly a Win10 person ;-) ] I'll assist for your friend of course. . . .

Surprised there are issues, as it's really not that complex.
Install the native app. Pair the device using Windows. Launch the IDE. Start writing code.

http://www.espruino.com/Web+IDE

As a Native application
The Web IDE is available as:
Download for Windows 32 bit - 0.69.0
Download for Windows 64 bit -0.69.0

To Pair: Win10 :: Settings >> Devices >> Bluetooth & other devices >> Add

Quick code snippet entry in left-hand pane of IDE

http://www.espruino.com/Pixl.js

digitalWrite(LED,1), LED.write(1) or LED.set() turns the backlight on
digitalWrite(LED,0), LED.write(0) or LED.reset() turns the backlight off

http://www.espruino.com/Quick+Start+Code­

. . . .that said . . . .

I had a bit of a struggle with my two year old HP laptop that was supposed to be BT compatible. But in order to continue (for a Puck though), I eventually had to pick up a Bluetooth BLE dongle to make Windows happy. After that it just worked!

@Gordon, do you recall the link to the BLE dongle referenced above?

Please post at what point your 'friend' ( wink, wink ) is having difficulty, and I'm sure there will be plenty of help to assist.

Also, please indicate for, using @Gordon notation, where in the documentation flow, things became conflicting as you put it, so that fixes may be considered.

and . . . I'll be trying this over the weekend, but recommend the native app as reliable.

Web Bluetooth in Chrome for Windows!