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On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:56:54 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:

> With MicroPython on the Pico, you use some command line utility to
> transfer files instead, but it is no big deal.

Loading the UF2 is easy.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/
micropython.html

I use VS Code with the MicroPython extension so when the board is plugged 
in it shows up as ttyACM0 or COM something I think on Windows. If you need 
a package for a peripheral the file structure on the actually device shows 
up so you can copy it to the lib directory.

https://pypi.org/project/pipkin/

pipkin is the command line utility. Thonny isn't my favorite IDE but it 
does make life easy:

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-with-the-
pico/2