Open source/free IDEs

Since IBM created the Eclipse foundation to promote an open source, highly extensible IDE, many Eclipse-based IDEs have popped up. We'll take a look at two such IDEs in this section. In recent years, Microsoft has started to focus heavily on open source projects, creating the freely available, open source Visual Studio Code text editor, which is also covered in this section.

AC6 System Workbench for STM32 (S4STM32)

AC6 is a consulting firm that has contributed an Eclipse-based IDE that targets STM32 MCUs. System Workbench adds some support for STM-based discovery boards to help get projects set up quickly. AC6 also offers System Workbench for Linux, which can be useful if you are developing an application...