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Creating a new program

From the New menu, select New Program:

Triggering a new program
The Create new program pop-up opens.
1. Select your platform (board).
2. You can create from an existing template or from an empty program.
3. Enter a unique name.
Creating a new program
Create a main.cpp file in your program:
1. Right click on the program and select New File.... The Create new file pop-up opens. If you created from an existing template, this file already exists.
  
  Adding a file
2. Enter main.cpp as the file name.
  
  Naming the new file
Import the Arm Mbed OS library, so you can build your program with the Mbed OS codebase:
1. Right click on the program, and hover over Import Library.... Then, click From URL...
  
  Import from URL
2. The Import Wizard opens. In the Source URL: field, enter https://github.com/armmbed/mbed-os.
  
  Import Mbed OS from GitHub
3. Select Import.