Yeh, as i said ima noob in PICs, but this board makes things a lot easier. It has LED indicators for every pin, push buttons for every pin (could be set pull up or down). This board makes testing and trouble shooting a lot easier. Instead of worrying if i connected all the components correctly, i can just concentrate on the syntax of the program. And i think the price is pretty decent too (cost me extra $25 to ship to US, but oh well).