12. Software Engineering Flashcards
What is Integrated development environment (IDE’s)?
IDE’s are a collection of tools that make programming life easier.
What is debugging?
Program which helps locate, identify and rectify error in a program
What is automatic error checking, formatting and colour coding?
Before the code is run the IDE has identified the error by underlining it blue and provide an error message.
correctly indents code
Changes key words, literals and annotations to different colours
Error Reports
On trying to run a program, the IDE produces an error log explaining that the program cannot be translated and why.
Breakpoints
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.
Editor
This allows a programmer to enter and edit source code/annotation
Compiler
Translates source code into machine code
Loader
This a program which loads previously compiled code in memory
Variable Watch
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
GUI creation
Allows a programmer to create a GUI by dragging and dropping controls onto a form