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Re:The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta by krastanov on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:16PM (#27124284)
Sure, that is easy to do after you have them hooked up. But dead-simple installation is the only thing I care about when each extra click turns off another 20% of the newbies (made-up percentage). Especially if you want to present it as "a tool that you can use improve your main hobbies/interests", as opposed to something they should master. Pushing even further on this, when I show a PhD bio-engineer how to use Arduino to automate their bio-reactor, I am certainly going to use the two-click-to-setup Arduino IDE, instead of PlatformIO. The extra features are detrimental when all you want is to show a tool exists and can make your life easier and more interesting with minimum extra effort.
Re:The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta by genericone on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:51PM (#27124617)
Is this a good summary:

PlatformIO for generation of value.

ArduinoIDE for demonstration of value.

Re:The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta by craftinator on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:46PM (#27125759)
Oh, sort of like why learn to ride a bike when you can just get a car or a moped?
Re:The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta by krastanov on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:14PM (#27125904)
Exactly the opposite. Learn the simple tool (the bike / the single click Arduino IDE) before expecting kids to know how an engine works. This is the most basic obvious principle in pedagogy.