IDEs

What is an IDE?

An Integrated Development Environment usually includes a text editor, sometimes with color coding for specific programming languages, and frequently libraries to support particular microcontrollers. Most also have the ability to upload/download code to/from supported devices as well as syntax error checking.

IDEs for Python & MicroPython

• Mu Editor
• Thonny
• Iguana
• Eclipse
  • use with PyDev plugin for Python
• Visual Studio Code
• Idle
• Spyder
• uPyCraft
• PyCharm
• Arduino Labs MicroPython IDE
• Cloud9
  • a cloud-based IDE running on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• MPY-Jama for MicroPython on ESP32
  • See this article for details
• MicroIDE for MicroPython on ESP32

IDEs for Arduino

• Arduino IDE
  • Version 2.0 now available
• Mu Editor
• Thonny
• Cloud9 on AWS
• CodeCraft visual code editor