Most of us are familiar with the Arduino Uno, a starting place for electronics projects since 2010. ... As a newbie, one thing that I’ve tried is a Arduino Uno shield for 8051 programming.

Although Arduino's programming language is based on C++, you won't be able to use all of its commands. But, you can still use objects in Arduino's IDE, which are a fundamental aspect of C++.

Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.