Suggestion:
When I'm testing out some ideas,
I use the serial.print instructon .
So I modify the code in the ide,
hit the upload button,
wait for the upload to finish,
and arduino resets.
then I go to the serial monitor,
and the arduino resets again,
what would be nice is a 'compile , upload and then launch serial monitor' button,
and if it can do away with the first board reset, that would be nice,
or is it possible , I have just not found out how.