The venerable Arduino is the genus of the current generation of maker boards. Sure, there were PIC chips before it, but Arduino democratised access to cheap hardware. That hardware was great, but the software lagged behind. Last year, Arduino released a beta of Arduino IDE 2.0 and it has now been officially released. So, we see the Arduino IDE modernised with a goodlooking interface, but how does it handle?
Installation is a breeze. Right now, there are only installers for Linux, Windows and Mac (including Apple's silicon). Raspberry Pi and other Arm-based boards are left out in the cold; not for long, we hope (the older 1.8 series IDE still works with Arm-based machines). After installation is where the Arduino 2.0.3 IDE takes shape. The IDE downloads and updates the installed boards definitions and software libraries, while we expend little effort. New updates for the IDE itself are also handled in-app. No more downloading and installing another version of the IDE, then deleting the old.
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