Loading the program into the device (by Shawn)
For PIC's are most of you using MPlab to load the HEX file into the PIC? I have the PICKit 2 programmer.
(no subject) (by Jonathan Westhues)
That works, but there's also special PICkit-only software. I prefer that, since it will automatically program the device every time the .hex file changes on disk; so you just have to hit compile in LDmicro, and the PIC gets programmed automatically.