This code is identical to Simon Ford's /teams/mbed/code/mbed_blinky/ except that it contains more comments.

However, the associated mbed library is not updated as frequently as Simon's code. Consequently, if you have a brand new hardware platform that is not yet included in the stipulated version of the mbed library, your program may not compile.

Fortunately, there is a simple fix for that - see below!

Note: The current library version (revision 138) of this code is: /users/mbed_official/code/mbed/rev/093f2bd7b9eb. Revision 138 was released on 3/19/2017.

You can see this for yourself by inspecting the contents of the mbed.bld file, which points to the associated mbed library. /users/cputalk/code/HelloWorld/file/1e30337600e4/mbed.bld

/teams/mbed/code/mbed_blinky/ is the exact same code (except for less comments) but mbed_blinky seems to be managed to always associate with the latest available mbed library version.

If you are the *sentimental type who insists on first compiling "helloworld" and your compile fails, simply use the "update library" feature in the online compiler to update to the latest mbed library version.

I will also attempt to update the mbed library this fork every now and then. (Latest update 3/23/2017)

If this was helpful to you in any way, please post a comment below, because so far I could not convince anyone that this is even an issue.

In a perfect world, I would let Simon Ford (where this code was forked from) update his version of mbed.bld every time the mbed library updates!