AS12

Question 1

Integrated Development Environment

Answer 1

• A program in which programs are developed.
• A collection of tools which make programming easier.
• Development, debugging, compiling, executing.

Question 2

Tools

Answer 2

• Highlighting key words
• Automatic line numbering
• Automatic statement completion
• GUI creation
• An emulator for running code/apps

Question 3

Run-time Environment

Answer 3

• Necessary software to run a program in development.
• An emulation of a particular computer system/platform.

Question 4

High Level Language Interpretation

Answer 4

• A compiler will translate the complete program from source code, creating an executable file.
• An interpreter translates each line of code into the equivalent machine code and executes it before it does the next line.

Question 5

Debugging

Answer 5

• Error checking (find/rectify errors)
• Error reports (help programmer diagnose issue)
• Breakpoints (interrupts a program on a specific line)
• Variable watch (displays current value of any variable)