If you are used to coding with almost any modern tool except the Arduino IDE, you are probably accustomed to having on-chip debugging. Sometimes having that visibility inside the code makes all the… ...

We were happy to see a few things with the new IDE. ... – I use a professional dev/debug IDE 8+ hours a day, but Arduino is still my go-to for most micro projects. ... Wiring-based Arduino IDE ...

The Arduino development team has recently unveiled the latest version of their Integrated Development Environment (IDE), version 2.3, which brings a host of improvements to the platform.

But, you can still use objects in Arduino's IDE, which are a fundamental aspect of C++. The C++ language is also very readable, so you'll be able to learn commands faster.