The Arduino IDE is used to write the program that will interact with your Arduino and the devices connected to it. In the Arduino world, such a program is called a sketch, which has its origin in its ...

The Arduino is an excellent first embedded development kit, provides a great introduction to electronics, and has the potential to get children into programming. [David] thinks throwing C at non-pr… ...

The Arduino IDE provides a sample sketch with a simple program outline in a text window when you first open it. There are also a vast array of code samples under the File->Examples submenu item.