I feel no need to discuss the merits of various prototyping methods. What works works.
A lot of students bend a pin or two along the line. You can not expect people who are just leaning to be as skillful as you are. I have noticed that some high school students do not have much in the way of dextarity, esp the motor skills needed to solder etc.
If the processor is soldered in place you can only use a bootloader, or ICSP via a connector or clip to reprogram the processor. Processors witout sockets seems to be where we are headed.
A lot of students bend a pin or two along the line. You can not expect people who are just leaning to be as skillful as you are. I have noticed that some high school students do not have much in the way of dextarity, esp the motor skills needed to solder etc.
If the processor is soldered in place you can only use a bootloader, or ICSP via a connector or clip to reprogram the processor. Processors witout sockets seems to be where we are headed.