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The IDE

Now that you have bought the arduino board (make sure you bought the arduino UNO) , let's get the IDE!

This is a link to download the IDE:

http://arduino.cc/en/main/software

IDE stands for Integrated Development Enviorment, which is basically a programming suite for you to perform certain tasks easier.

So in this case we will be trying to program our arduino!

Go look at this tutorial for your first project with the Arduino:

http://arduino.cc/en/tutorial/blink

Make sure you hit build and run when you have it all set up!

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