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… ...

I’m using the Halloween Pumpkin sketch (an Arduino program is called a sketch) with some minor changes. The Arduino programming language is pretty much a slimmed-down C/C++.

A lot of people have used ESP8266 to add inexpensive WiFi connectivity to their projects, but [Oscar] decided to take it one step further and program an Arduino over WiFi with the ESP8266. [Oscar] … ...

Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.

After an introduction that includes a crash course in C programming basics, users get training in how to connect Arduino boards with ESP32 for full web connectivity.

Although Arduino's programming language is based on C++, you won't be able to use all of its commands. But, you can still use objects in Arduino's IDE, which are a fundamental aspect of C++.