Test

Question 1

What are the main features of an IDE?

Answer 1

If a text editor is used, the program will have to be complied with using program software. More advanced software known as an Integrated Development Environment (lDE) provides programmers with all of the facilities required to complete the development of an application from coding to testing.

Question 2

What are the 5 elements that IDE consists of?

Answer 2

Source code editor
Compiler
Debugger
GUI builder
solution explorer

Question 3

What is a compiler?

Answer 3

Converts all of the source code into machine code before executing it. Performs syntax analysis, if statements are not structured properly it generates a list of errors to help optimize the code.

Question 4

What does translation consist of?

Answer 4

Assembler, interpreter, and compiler

Question 5

What is an interpreter?

Answer 5

It translates source code one line at a time. The processor executes a line of code before translating the next line.

Question 6

What is an assembler?

Answer 6

Translates assembly language into machine code.