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Arduino IDE 2.0 is finally released #Arduino @Arduino
Today Arduino announced that Arduino IDE 2.0 has moved to stable and is available for download. It has a modern editor and provides a better overall user experience thanks to a responsive interface and faster compilation time.
Feature highlights:
Autocomplete during sketch editing
Dark Mode
Arduino Cloud
Serial Plotter (The Serial Monitor and Plotter can be used together)
In-app updates
The IDE can now itself be updated when a new version is available, so no need to head to the downloads page anymore: click the button and get the latest and greatest.
The new IDE is based on the Eclipse Theia framework, which is an open source project based on the same architecture as VS Code (language server protocol, extensions, debugger). The front-end is written in TypeScript, while most of the backend is written in Golang.
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