Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2020 June 17

= June 17 =

Why are Arduino programs called 'sketches'?
Why are Arduino programs called 'sketches'? Hayttom (talk) 04:26, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Arduino is based on the Processing programming language which is aimed at visual artists. According to the Processing about page, it was originally designed to be a "software sketchbook" that would teach the "fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context." Hope that helps! TJScalzo (talk) 07:28, 17 June 2020 (UTC)


 * It does! Thanks, TJScalzo!  Hayttom (talk) 07:37, 17 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Arduino is not based on the Processing language. Arduino is predominantly programmed in C++.  However, the most common Arduino programming environment is a derivative of the Processing editor.  The most commonly used editor/IDE comes from Processing, the language does not. 85.76.69.83 (talk) 19:37, 20 June 2020 (UTC)