What is Arduino IDE?
It makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and based on Processing and other open-source software.
Arduino IDE is a tool in the Integrated Development Environment category of a tech stack.
Who uses Arduino IDE?
Companies
10 companies reportedly use Arduino IDE in their tech stacks, including SMARTTechStack, IoT, and Reby.
Developers
127 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Arduino IDE.
Pros of Arduino IDE
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Decisions about Arduino IDE
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Arduino IDE in their tech stack.
Christophe Vermeulen
Engineer Counselor at IBPT · | 5 upvotes · 7.2K views
I need to maintain and refactor an Arduino project that:
- uses several Arduino of different kinds
- uses a non-supported library and HW (Panstamp)
- includes several sketches running together (via RF IoT network)
- should evolve towards a larger ecosystem
- should be documented extensively
At the moment, the Arduino IDE does the job, but documentation is stored as comments in the code. The library I use is an old version, as the creator changed its focus before halting development. I also want to use Python or micropython in part of the project, for several reasons.
Arduino IDE's Features
- cross platform
Arduino IDE Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Arduino IDE?
PlatformIO
PlatformIO is an open source ecosystem for IoT development. Cross-platform build system and library manager. Continuous and IDE integration. Arduino and MBED compatible. Ready for Cloud compiling.
uno
We built uno, a small tool similar to uniq (the UNIX CLI tool that removes duplicates) - but with fuzziness. uno considers two lines to be equal if their edit distance is less than a specified threshold, by default set to 30%. It reads from stdin and prints the deduplicated lines to stdout.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
