On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Harold Hallikainen
<harold@hallikainen.org> wrote:

> So, maybe I don't have to learn mplab X? I'm still using MPLAB 8. I've
> tried transferring one project so far and went back to MPLAB 8 after I
> spent a couple days trying to get rid of compile errors.
>
> Is there some Microchip announcement on this?

For someone coming from MPLAP-8, MPLAB-X and Arriba are essentially
identical beasts.

MPLAB-X is based on NetBeans and Arriba is based on Eclipse.  NetBeans
and Eclipse are the two most common "open" IDEs.  Both originated as
Java IDEs, and both have since been extended to many other languages.
The debate over which one is better is almost as intense as the one
between Emacs and Vi.

Unless MicroChip has had a falling out with Oracle (the main supporter
of NetBeans) I highly doubt MicroChip has any plans to abandon it.
Arriba seems to be an independent fork of Eclipse, and PIC is only one
of many architectures they support.  Most likely MicroChip is
supporting the project for the people who prefer Eclipse over
NetBeans.

It is also worth noting that MicroChip's compilers are now completely
independent of the IDE.  Both MPLAB-X and Arriba will be using
identical compilers.  Furthermore, I believe you can integrate some of
the older compilers from MPLAB-8 into MPLAP-X if you want the new
development environment but do not want to update your code.

-p.
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