# Choice of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/choice-of-the-ide-integrated-development-environment/1266>\
**Category:** Tools & SDKs\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/choice-of-the-ide-integrated-development-environment/1266 "2023-02-13T22:42:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/choice-of-the-ide-integrated-development-environment/1266/1 "2023-02-13T22:42:44Z")

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The article [platformio VSCode extension vs arduino ide](https://nerdytechy.com/platformio-vscode-vs-arduino-ide/) could be of a great value to Blues Wireless community. It presents (as suggested by its title) pros and cons for both IDEs, where [PlatformIO IDE](https://platformio.org/platformio-ide) has all pros and [Arduino IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software) has all cons.

The existence of [PlatformIO IDE](https://platformio.org/platformio-ide), which is packaged as [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) extension (as it should be 😉) is a great boon for IoT developers, particularly those who plan to create complete solutions (Web+IoT). Such approach would be a lot more difficult without [PlatformIO IDE](https://platformio.org/platformio-ide), where the whole solution is managed on a form of a single project persisted in a Github in the form of a [monorepo](https://monorepo.guide/why-monorepos).