For my project, not only do I need to learn how to use an Arduino, but I also need to learn how to communicate with it. The best and easiest method I have found of doing this is by using a programming language called "Processing". What's interesting about Processing and what makes it suitable for communicating with my Arduino, is that the IDE used for the Arduino, is based on the one used in processing, thus making the languages work in a similar way. It also allows for an easier method of communicating with the Arduino, since processing has the ability to read inputs via the serial port on the computer.
Processing also suits the open source style of my project. The software is freely available and has a large online community who are always updating and improving the softwares functionality. Examples of this come in the form of import libraries, of which processing has over 100, that can help give projects that extra interaction or output.
The processing IDE. As you can see it is very similar to the environment used for the Arduino.
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