"Some" microcontrollers are programmed in different waysto "other" microcontrollers. Before programming a microcontroller, you need to know what sort of microcontroller it is.
I don’t know about him but… I don’t know about him but I sure would like a diagram of a picaxe project board done on one of those radiocrack perfboards. Would definitely be cheaper to build em instead of buying em every time. I’ve been planning one out but since I’m used to free-form circuits and I’m doing it on paper it’s slow going.