There are 2 pieces of software we will need: I think Visual Studio Code (VS Code for short) is just that. So I was still looking for an alternative IDE which would offer the advanced features of a real IDE and still be easy to use. There are many windows, options, buttons… simply the IDEs are loaded with features which can be confusing.

I personally use Eclipse and it works fine, but I admit that Eclipse (and Atmel Studio too) are quite hard to learn for the new user. There are some well-known alternatives, like Eclipse or Atmel Studio.

But if you have some experience with programming, you’ll probably find this IDE too simple and limited and start looking for a replacement - something more like a real IDE. The platform comes with Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing the programs – Arduino IDE. BackgroundĪrduino is a very popular platform which makes it easy to create interesting gadgets controlled by a microcontroller. This is part one of a three part series of articles on creating and debugging programs in Visual Studio Code. In this article, I describe how to write your Arduino programs in Visual Studio code and also how to debug your programs with stepping through the code, breakpoints, viewing variables, etc.

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