Particle Dev For Mac

Particle Dev offers you the possibility to develop code for Internet of Things products in a familiar environment. The utility is based on the Atom code editor and can connect to the Particle Cloud to compile code and produce binaries for your projects.

To be able to access the  Particle Cloud and start developing, you need to start by getting one of the development kits available in the Particle store.

Besides the hardware components, you will also have access to the firmware in the cloud, together with all required libraries, so you can start the development process right away.

Note that Particle Dev has been mainly developed to interact with the online resources, so having access to one of the Internet of Things development kits designed by the Particle team is necessary.

Particle Dev brings to the table everything Atom has to offer when developing software, together with a collection of commands produced especially for the Particle platform. You can easily access any of them via the commands panel.

However, the list changes depending if you are logged into your account or not, and if you have selected a particular device. The Particle Dev utility also sports a minimalist toolbar that includes buttons for some of the most frequently used tools.

It's worth mentioning that Particle Dev requires an internet connection since all you projects have to be sent to the cloud to be compiled. When you are satisfied with the product, you get to use the Particle Cloud to flash the code to the device wirelessly.

To sum up, Particle Dev is a companion utility for the Particle Internet of Things developments kits: you get to connect to the cloud to access all the available software resources.

Particle Dev relies on the Particle Cloud to compile the code and flash the binary to your device with minimal effort.