So you are not a programmer, but would like to engage. Right now there
are a number of graphical programming IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)
that make life substantially easier in terms of learning curve.

Scratch, mBlock, Blocky, Ardublock so far have a lot of kids doing basic robot
stuff in school, starting in Middle School. These are drag and drop blocks with various
functionality, like LED turn on, measure a voltage, control a RC servo, generate
a pulse.....

Flowcode is an intuitive approach using flow chart like constructs to do the same.
Includes simulator.

Here is a simple short video to give you a taste - https://www.matrixtsl.com/flowcode_help/help-videos-v7.php?v=awbu6MyBYOY

General website - https://www.matrixtsl.com/flowcode/

Have fun, soon we will have programming where one verbally dictates a desired goal
and the rest done by machines. As our brains float in a solution, no need for appendages
or effluent chutes or........

Note not a cheap solution, unlike the others listed which are free. Never-the-less
IDE tools getting better by the minute.


Regards, Dana.

 

Try tinkercad... it's free.

I personally like to control my own codes, I can be as OCD or lazy as I want to make it fit in the memory required without any possible blocking or overflow issues that can occur....

Ah, Arduino UNO version is free. The O-Scope outputs are interesting... and I'm sure it supports debugging...