Contemporary trends in software development

Question 1

What is a Software development environment

Answer 1

also known as an integrated development environment
Software providing programmers with integrated set of programming tools to build an application from coding through to testing.

Question 2

What can software development environments do

Answer 2

Tools provided include:
editing window allowing programmer to enter and edit code.
clipboard (copy and paste)
Colour used throughout coding window to aid readability for programmer
Collapsible code sections: programmers can collapse/expand selected making viewing much easier
Line numbering
Code completion tools that auto complete lines

Question 3

What is Machine Code

Answer 3

instructions in binary format that can be executed directly by the computer

Question 4

What is Source Code

Answer 4

Original program code written by programmer

Question 5

Why does program code have to be translated into machine code

Answer 5

So that the computer can understand and execute the instructions

Question 6

What is a language complier

Answer 6

Built into the software development environment. processes each statement in source code and tries translate whole program into machine code before executing it

Question 7

what can hexadecimal be used for?

Answer 7

to simplify long binary patterns

Question 8

What is pattern recognition

Answer 8

Pattern recognition is the process of observing key characteristics, patterns, and trends in the data being considered.