12. Software Engineering Flashcards

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What is Integrated development environment (IDE’s)?

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IDE’s are a collection of tools that make programming life easier.

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What is debugging?

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Program which helps locate, identify and rectify error in a program

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What is automatic error checking, formatting and colour coding?

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Before the code is run the IDE has identified the error by underlining it blue and provide an error message.

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Changes key words, literals and annotations to different colours

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Error Reports

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On trying to run a program, the IDE produces an error log explaining that the program cannot be translated and why.

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Breakpoints

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Breakpoints allow a programmer to stop the execution of a program on a specific line of code. This is useful for finding out exactly where the logic error is taking place.

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Editor

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This allows a programmer to enter and edit source code/annotation

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Compiler

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Translates source code into machine code

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Loader

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This a program which loads previously compiled code in memory

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Variable Watch

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This is a facility which displays the current value of any variable. The value can be ‘watched’ as the program is single-stepped to see the effects of the code on the variable

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GUI creation

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Allows a programmer to create a GUI by dragging and dropping controls onto a form

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