2.5.2 The IDE

Question 1

What are the four tools offered by IDEs? [4]

Answer 1

Translators [1] run time environments [1] editors [1] error diagnostics [1]

Question 2

How does an editor in an IDE help a programmer write code? [4]

Answer 2

Autocomplete [1] colour highlighting [1] automatic indentation [1] stepping [1]

Question 3

How does an IDE help a programmer diagnose errors [3]

Answer 3

Break points allow the code to stop at specific points [1] stepping allows the programmer to run the program line by line [1] error diagnostics tell the programmer the errors in the code [1]