Arduino IDE 2.0 Beta 7
Les Pounder gently pushes away a slice of Pi and looks for something a little fresher among the serving plates of his maker buffet.
IN BRIEF
The venerable Arduino IDE has had an overhaul for 2.0 and the latest version reveals a sleek and intuitive UI that feels more “modern” than previous versions. Because this is a beta, there are still a few bugs, but for the general hobbyist there’s nothing preventing them from building their first projects with Arduino.
T he Arduino IDE has remained largely the same for close to a decade. It works, but at times it can feel a little long in the tooth. The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta sees a radical redesign, but with familiar elements remaining. It also remains compatible with existing microcontroller boards and libraries. There’s a clearer UI with an area to write code dominating the screen and just underneath is the familiar output window, which tells us the progress of flashing our code. But a tab, Serial Monitor, in that area enables us to use the serial monitor throughput without navigating via the clunky menus.