Integrated Development Environments

Question 1

Code editor

Answer 1

• a text editor which allow you to write the source code
• uses features like; syntax-highlighting, code-completion

Question 2

De-bug tools

Answer 2

• error diagnostics: highlight syntax errors in real-time as you program
• debugger: allows you to run code line-by-line to find faults

Question 3

Translators

Answer 3

• the IDE will usually have an interpreter, compiler and assembler built in

Question 4

Run-time environment

Answer 4

• allows you to run programs to test how well they work
• there are often multiple run time environments available so you can simulate your application on multiple different devices

Question 5

Stepping

Answer 5

• allows you to monitor the effect of each individual line of code
• by executing a single line at a time

Question 6

Breakpoint

Answer 6

• allows users to set a point in the program at which the program will stop
• this can help pin point where an error is occurring