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 IDE
  • for Arduino & Arduino-compatible boards; not strictly Python
• Cloud9
  • a cloud-based IDE running on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IDEs for Arduino

• Arduino IDE
  • Version 2.0 now available
• Mu Editor
• Thonny
• Cloud9 on AWS