"Best" can only be answered by the individual user.
I am a fan of the
http://www.mikroe.com/en/
Products. The software is available for free download with a limit on code 
size. It can be used with other programmers, but is best used with their 
development boards.

A good set of tools will let you focus on your projects. A poor set of tools 
will have you tinkering with the tool set rather than your projects.

John Ferrell  W8CCW

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
-Edward R. Murrow
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From: "HuwD" <HuwD@vieswebdesign.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:14 AM
Subject: [PIC] Best compiler software


>
> I'm new at using Microcontrollers. I'm interested in using them in 
> Robotics
> and bought a book called "PIC Robotics". The software the book recommends 
> is
> the "PIC Basic compiler". However it appears to come on a 3.5 inch floppy
> disk and uses the either the serial or parrallel port on the PC to 
> interface
> with the Microcontroller. This seems a little antiquated and I was 
> wandering
> if there was anything more recent and ideally free to download. I would 
> also
> be good if I could connect to the microcontroller via USB.
>
> Whats the best current software for programming the PIC Microcontroller?
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