Getting Started with the Internet of Things

Chapter 1. Hello World

To familiarize you with the development environment, your first program should be a simple HelloWorld. Because the Netduino Plus board does not have a display, use the USB connection between board and development PC to write the string Hello World to the development environment’s Output window running on the PC, as illustrated in Figure 1-1. The USB connection is used to deploy and debug your programs, and in the HelloWorld example, it allows you to send the Hello World string to your development PC.

Figure 1-1. Architecture of HelloWorld example

Setting Up the Development Environment

Before writing your first program for the ...