| ▲ | andrewstuart 3 days ago | |
The hardware is the least important bit of Arduino. It’s the IDE, as crappy as it is. | ||
| ▲ | HeyLaughingBoy 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Not even the IDE. Those of us that care have switched to VS Code + PlatformIO. The arduino ecosystem is all that matters, and that won't die for a long time. Heck, there are many chip manufacturers building in an Uno header pinout into their dev boards so you can try them out with off the shelf Arduino shields. | ||
| ▲ | extraduder_ire 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The "batteries included" nature of their IDE is remarkable for getting up and running with any random hardware that's meant to be arduino compatible. Like, you can install support for a board or some hardware and have premade example code running on it within a few minutes. Without even reading any extra documentation. | ||
| ▲ | platevoltage 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The IDE is absolute dogshit. IMO they should pivot to contributing to PlatformIO instead to keep this awful IDE going. | ||