I'm just curious to see how everyone else is programming thier PIC's and even other MCUs. From the IDE, to the compiler, to the programming board and software. I'm using the PICC Lite compiler and I think I'm gonna suck it up and get MPLAB (not had good results with it). I have the Spark Fun "MPLAB Compatible ZIF Programmer" programmer board as they call it. It's based on the PicStart+.