Using my micro board to trigger an MP3 sound card

"Programming is done with the keyboard into the IDE. "

Yes, the IDE is a tool on the way...

But still You are not programming the IDE!
You can ** setup** the IDE to work in different ways but I would not call that "programming the IDE" even if it's close.

The programming process involves getting the code brought together somewhere. The typing, the keyboard, the editor (IDE) are tools on the way.

The real programming has been done when the target performs the actions described in "a lot of text" in some editor, but the editor itself is not programmed.