Here is a getting started video:
This talks about using "MounRiver" studio. It has both Windows and Linux offerings, which is encouraging. MounRiver is an Eclipse based IDE of some kind.
He does build and download entirely from within "MounRiver".
He debugs using openocd/gdb, also from within "MounRiver".
He never does show the LED blinking, or the cables he used to connect to the board.
Tom's Computer Info / tom@mmto.org