# A few more words on the Swan Quickstart

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272 "2023-02-16T03:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![adriatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/adriatic/32/640_2.png) [@adriatic](https://discuss.blues.com/u/adriatic)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272/1 "2023-02-16T03:40:19Z")

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In addition to my post in [Swan Quickstart - Blues Developers](https://dev.blues.io/quickstart/swan-quickstart/#creating-a-platformio-project-for-swan), I want to add a hint - feedback about the **Wizard** introduced in [Using the VS Code PlatformIO Extension](https://dev.blues.io/quickstart/swan-quickstart/#using-the-vs-code-platformio-extension).

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/blues/original/1X/58c6c822cd6d7e6a7e4f62f0eb7f55afc4111043.png)

The VSCode PlatformIO Extension is an open source product by [PlatformIO](https://platformio.org/) organization, while the above depicted wizard was created specifically for Blues. I would like to give some additional ideas for improving this wizard, so that paragraph 4

> Once dependency installation is complete, your `platformio.ini` file will open. This file allows you to configure deployment options and manage project libraries. Consult the [PlatformIO documentation](https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/index.html) for complete details. To develop on the Swan with the Notecard, your `platformio.ini` file will look something like this:

```auto
[env:bw_swan_r5]
platform = ststm32
board = bw_swan_r5
upload_protocol = dfu
framework = arduino
build_flags = -D PIO_FRAMEWORK_ARDUINO_ENABLE_CDC
monitor_speed = 115200
lib_deps = 
  Wire
  blues/Blues Wireless Notecard@^1.3.16

```

would be less “needed” - because it would be mostly generated by that wizard.

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272/2 "2023-02-16T14:05:38Z")

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Hi @adriatic,

Just an FYI - the “Project Wizard” is provided by PlatformIO and is not unique to Blues or the Swan board. Interesting feedback to send to PlatformIO though!

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**Author:** ![adriatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/adriatic/32/640_2.png) [@adriatic](https://discuss.blues.com/u/adriatic)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272/3 "2023-02-16T18:03:53Z")

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Hi, @RobLauer

I suspected this being the case. I will send my observations to PlatformIO and report my success back here.

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**Author:** ![adriatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/adriatic/32/640_2.png) [@adriatic](https://discuss.blues.com/u/adriatic)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-few-more-words-on-the-swan-quickstart/1272/4 "2023-03-18T22:17:47Z")

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Here is my post to PLATFORMIO: [Suggestion for the Project Wizard - PlatformIO IDE - PlatformIO Community](https://community.platformio.org/t/suggestion-for-the-project-wizard/32649).