IDE FEATURES [TREE]

IDE FEATURES [TREE]

1. TRANSLATOR

   • TURNS HIGH-LEVEL CODE INTO LOW-LEVEL CODE SO THAT THE COMPUTER CAN UNDERSTAND IT
     • HIGH-LEVEL CODE IS CODE THAT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR HUMANS BUT NOT COMPUTERS
     • LOW-LEVEL CODE IS CODE THAT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND FOR COMPUTERS BUT NOT HUMANS
     • COMPILER
       • TRANSLATES ALL THE CODE AT ONCE
       • FINDS AND LISTS ALL ERRORS
       • NEEDS TO BE DONE ONCE; CREATES AN EXECUTABLE FILE WHEN DONE
         • COMPILING CAN TAKE A WHILE BUT THE PROGRAM RUNS FASTER
     • INTERPRETER
       • TRANSLATES CODE WHILE THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING
       • STOPS ONCE THE FIRST ERROR IS FOUND
       • IS DONE EVERY TIME THE PROGRAM IS RUN
         • THE PROGRAM IS SLOWER BUT TAKES LESS TIME THAN COMPILING

2. RUN TIME ENVIRONMENT

   • RUNS THE CODE
   • DISPLAYS THE OUTPUTS
   • ALLOWS TO USE INPUT STATEMENTS

3. ERROR DIAGNOSTICS

   • LOCATES ERRORS IN THE CODE
     • LINE NUMBER
     • WHAT IS WRONG
     • HOW TO FIX IT

4. EDITOR

   • LINE NUMBERING
   • AUTO-INDENT
   • AUTO-COMPLETE
   • COLOUR CODING
   • AUTO-CORRECT