General docs about the project

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+# Arduino Pro IDE
+The Arduino IDE for advanced users and developers.
+
+## Idea
+The new Arduino IDE is a completely new Development Environment for Arduino Programming based on more modern technologies.
+This repo is a preview of the final product and has to be considered as an unstable *alpha* version.
+
+## Download
+You can find the last published version in the [Releases Section](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-pro-ide/releases) of this repo
+
+## User Feedback and Issue Report
+We need your help in improving the product, before releasing the source code we want to move out of the alpha and we need your help.
+Please test the Arduino Pro IDE and report us bugs or feature requests at: 
+
+## Technology
+The Arduino Pro IDE is based on the following technologies:
+
+* [Arduino CLI](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli)
+ Used in deamon mode is providing all the main Arduino features
+* [Eclipse Theia](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia)
+The frontend of the application is based on this Open Source IDE
+* [Electron](https://github.com/electron/electron)
+The framework behing Eclipse Theia, allows to use web technologies on desktop environments
+