6 Reasons why you should use Visual Studio Code for Arduino.
Did you know you could use a different IDE for Arduino? There is, of course, the Official Arduino IDE. There's an Arduino Plugin for Eclipse . And if you haven't heard of it before, the very good Energia - that also works with many Texas Instruments Development Boards. There are also plug-ins for Visual Studio 2019 and other "full versions" of Visual Studio. But I use Microsoft's Arduino Extension with Visual Studio Code . I think you should too. Here's why: 1. It's free - as in beer. Zero dollars. Gratis. I know the other tools are also free, but the functionality of this plugin with Visual Studio Code only compares to other projects that you have to pay for - or endure nag screens. No nag screens here. It's also not limited. Some of the other solutions have limits on the size of either the files or the executable. 2. It's Open Source. Not just the extension, but Visual Studio Code is too. You can actually get the source for either right f