Integrated Development Environments Flashcards
1
Q
What is an integrated development environment?
A
A piece of software that provides features to help a programmer to develop their program
2
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Common features of an integrated development environment
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Translator
Auto-documentation
Graphic User interface builder
3
Q
IDE features: Translator
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Allows source code to be understood by computer
4
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IDE features: Auto - Documentation
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Maintains the program
Can extract certain features of a program e.g. names of variables, sub-programs, comments
5
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IDE features: GUI builder
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helps programmer design a UI by building it graphically instead of using source code
Allows programmer to drag and drop different objects + customise them