Arduino is a household name simply for that reason. If Massimo Banzi hadn’t been behind the wheel, it’s unlikely that you’d be complaining about how many Wiring-based projects we feature.

Official Arduino Example Tutorials: The Arduino computer software is loaded with tons of examples for you to use in your own code or to run through as a learning experience.

That provides a professional development environment, at least. The code base for the Arduino is another frustration. Bluntly, the use of setup() and loop() with main() being hidden really bugs me.

Arduino simplifies things by only using just one coding language. Here's what you need to get started with developing software for the tiny device.

Arduino users and enthusiasts may be interested in some new tools created by the official Arduino team, to make checking your code as easy as possible.