/* THIS IS A BLOCK COMMENT:
Inside here I can do whatever I want
Block Commenting with the wonderful * and /
*/

// This is a single line comment. two '/'s makes the following text into a comment.

// NOTE: semicolons are important because they establish an End Of Line to the development environment

int myNewIntegerVariable = 10;      //created an integer GLOBAL variable. This means it is accessible anywhere in the program and there can only be ONE variable with this name.

void setup()        //The setup function is where you put things that you only want to happen ONCE when the Arduino turns on.
{
  Serial.begin(9600);    //Create a serial connection. This means you can send information to the Arduino serial monitor.
  Serial.println("HELLO!");    //Send "HELLO!" to the serial monitor
  
}      //These curly brackets are used to separate functions and other code chunks

void loop()      //This happens forever. The 'infinite' loop
{
  myNewIntegerVariable = myNewIntegerVariable + 1;      //increment the variable by one every loop.
  Serial.print("MY NEW VALUE = ");      //Send a line of text to serial monitor (But don't go to the next line)
  Serial.println(myNewIntegerVariable);  //Send the current value of the variable to the monitor - then go to the next line.
  
  //The IF statement is a 'conditional' statement
  if (myNewIntegerVariable == 50)       //the double '=' is to test whether something is the same as something else
  {
    myNewIntegerVariable = 0;    //The single '=' is used to SET something to something else.
  } 
    
  delay(myNewIntegerVariable*10);      //The delay function waits for a number of milliseconds
  

}