If you do serious software development on the Arduino platform, may I recommend the Sloeber plugin for Eclipse.
If you don't like Eclipse, well, that is a whole other religious war. Personally I spend my entire professional life in it... On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 6:38:35 PM UTC-5, Paul Andrews wrote: > > It seems that people have very strong opinions about what MCU (is there a > better term?) they like to use in projects. In particular there are some > strong feelings against the Arduino and the use of libraries. So maybe we > can air our opinions in this thread (in a civil manner! No personal attacks > please, and bear in mind that language can be tricky to interpret at times, > especially if English is not a first language - mods, feel free to close > this down if you think it is open to abuse or not appropriate for this > group). > > My own feeling is that libraries are one of the strong suits of a platform > like the arduino - they allow me to focus on what I am trying to achieve, > rather than having to re-invent the wheel (though, obviously, there is > nothing stopping me re-inventing the wheel if I feel the need!). I am a > professional software developer who has written code at all levels - OS > code, libraries, compilers, assemblers, embedded systems, device drivers, > distributed systems, enterprise systems, databases, network protocols, > GUIs, web sites and even applications (though that isn't my strong suit!) > There are probably some areas that I haven't touched. I enjoy it all, but > life is too short to constantly write this stuff, and those who do so full > time generally do a better job of it. > > As far as Arduinos go - they are cheap and easy to program and I use them > a lot for prototyping (actually I use the tiny WeMos D1 mini pros now). I > even have one clock that is an Arduino shield, though you wouldn't know it > - its form factor is not that of your average shield. As a testament to its > flexibility, this allowed me to easily extend both the software and the > hardware to better suit what I wanted. > > And yes, I have moved on to other hardware, but I still use all those > Arduino libraries. > > Surface mounting seems to be another contentious topic. It seems that I > have embraced it whole-heartedly, though I started down that route because > the interesting chips I wanted to use where all surface mount. > Aesthetically I think through-hole components suit Nixie tubes better, and > I like to see the circuitry exposed, though that is also a preference that > I know some others very much disagree with. > > Truth is, I want to use it all! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/fbfe34cc-4341-4a0d-b398-fe0cbb14adbe%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
