Integrated Development Environment

Integrated Development Environment

1. Translator

   • The purpose of a translator is to convert high level code into code that computers can understand. ( Binary )
   • Interpreter
     • An interpreter is a translator that translates code line by line and points out the mistakes as it geos through the code
   • Compiler
     • A compiler is another type of translator, however with this translator it translates the whole code, having this means that it will take longer to translate but when it is ready it will translate it very quickly, this is good in some circumstancs hoewever if you have some mistakes then you will have translated the whole code and will only realise you made a mistake at the very very very end.
   • Assembler
     • An assembler is a program that converts assembly language into machine code. It takes the basic commands and operations from assembly code and converts them into binary code that can be recognized by a computer. They are somewhat similar to compilers in the fact that they also produce executable code

2. High Level Code

   • High is code that English like code that needs to be translated if it is going to be executed by a computer.

3. Low Level Code

   • Low Level Code is code that is mostly in english and easy to interpret by anyone even if you do not know code. This is code such as C and C++.

4. Source Code Editor

   • This orders the code by automatically indenting, colour coding, bracket matching and syntax checking

5. Error Diagnostics and debugger

   • It identifies the problems in the code and lists the errors.

6. Run-time Environment

   • This allows the developers to run the code during development, it checks errors and functionality of the code.