An annoyance with the Arduino IDE is the need to shut down the serial port terminal when you want to upload new code. The Eclipse solution manages this while keeping the terminal window open.

Libraries installed via Library Manager are located within the Sketchbook folder, called Arduino by default and located at C:Users{username}DocumentsArduino on Windows, /Users/{username}/Documents ...

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.

I’m using Code::Blocks for Arduino code editing for an more advanced project, which started out with the Arduino mess an grew. I still hate the Arduino IDE with all I have. The Arduino libraries ...