8.5 IDE's

Question 1

Give some problems with using notepad to edit source code

Answer 1

• No line numbers
• No syntax highlighting
• No ability to run code directly inside the editor
• No assistance in debugging code

Question 2

IDE stands for

Answer 2

Integrated Development Environments

Question 3

Examples of IDE’s

Answer 3

Visual Studio (code), IDLE, Pycharm

Question 4

Give some IDE features

Answer 4

Line numbers, breakpoints, code folding, variable watching

Question 5

Line numbers

Answer 5

Make it easy to see each new line of code

Question 6

Syntax highlighting

Answer 6

Highlights where the colour of text changes to show different parts of the progrm

Question 7

Error diagnostics

Answer 7

Help a programmer to find where they have made a mistake. It may be highlighted or underlined on the line they occur on

Question 8

Breakpoints

Answer 8

Stops a program mid-way through running so they can step through code line by line

Question 9

Run-time environment

Answer 9

Allows a programmer to test their progrm while it is running. It also means libraries that come with the language will be available to the programmer to use (basically to run program)