FPGA programming? Surely not. If you've got a nicely supported dev board then it's simply a case of loading up a board support package, selecting some pins, and

FPGA programming? Surely not. If you've got a nicely supported dev board then it's simply a case of loading up a board support package, selecting some pins, and your first program can be three lines long. I will admit the toolchain can be a pain to set up but that's an entirely different problem.