Arduino is an open-source microcontroller based on easy-to-use hardware and software, whereas Arduino IDE (or Arduino Software) is an Integrated Development Environment.

For all its geeky attributes, the Arduino development software, known as Arduino IDE (integrated development environment) has never had a tool for compiling code in the command line.

The latest version of Arduino’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE), version 2.3.3, has just been released, and it brings a host of new features ...