Integrated Development Environment

Saturday, February 25, 2023 5:36 PM

Ide is a software that provides the programmer with all the tools needed to
create , edit , compile and debug programs

Tools includes

1 editor
2 compiler , interpreter or both
Print (hello")
3 debugger
4 documenter

Editor :
Features
- Pretty print : different components of each program statement is given in
different colors
- Auto indent
- Dynamic syntax check : syntax errors are displayed as you type
- Collapsing code blocks : user can hide parts of the code in order to make it
easier to scroll up and down the code

Complier and interpreter

- Both a included to first debug using interpreter and then create the machine
code using the compiler

Debugger

Break Points
- A point set in the program at which program execution is suspended.

Report /Watch window -

Area of the screen I which the contents of the variables are displayed as the
program runs

Stepping
- Executing the code one line at a time

Auto Documenter
- Automatically creates documentation fr the program
- Including
- Data dictionary : contains details of every data structure used in the program
- List of sub routines and their purpose