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CHAPTER
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Choosing a Platform and Framework
One of the great things about IoT-Bus is that you’re free to choose from a large number of platforms and frameworks.
You know that you want to create an IoT project but where do you start? In our view it very depends on what you
know now.
3.1 Arduino
If you have never programmed or know nothing about embedded hardware then you may be best to start with Arduino
as a framework and as an editor and programmer. Similarly, if you are in education and do not want to be explaining
things to yous students about the IDE and just want to create very simple applications then again, you may pick
Arduino as a Framework and as your development environment. Many, many users have chosen Arduino overs the
years and many still do. It’s a great place to start. You’ll find more projects on the web that Arduino based so if you
want to find somebody that’s done something similar to what you want to do. You’ll probably find it as an Arduino
project somewhere.
3.2 PlatformIO
On the other hand if you are a professional programmer or a serious hobbyist then you will probably pick PlatformIO.
There are other environments that are just fine if you already use them like Eclipse or NetBeans. But if you are
investing your time and money in the future then PlatformIO is the way to go. It’s also not hard to take that same
project and import it into PlatformIO and take it from there.
Similarly, if maintaining source code integrity, versioning and testing and debugging are becoming more important you
as a Arduino user then take a look at PlatformIO. The advantage that PlatformIO has taken of leveraging an excellent
open IDE from Microsoft and extending it, again, in open fashion to the embedded world If you’re a seasoned C++
programmer then PlatformIO and the esp-idf framework is probably the way to go.
Now in terms of framework you again have a choice. Arduino or esp-idf are the c++ development choices. Arduino is
simpler and more “black-box” - you can get going very quickly and without necessarily fully understanding everything
you can get an IoT project up and running. However, if things like a multi-tasking environment and the availability of
professional-class libraries and support are more important then esp-idf is more likely to be the framework for you. It
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