integrated development environment

integrated development environment

1. translators

   • A translator translates high level code to low level code.
   • high level vs low level code
     • Humans can understand high level code much easier than low level code. it supports lots more data types.
     • low level code uses mnemonics but is much harder for humans to understand
   • compiler vs interpreter vs assembler
     • a compiler translates all the code at once and lists all the errors at the end. It takes up less memory than an interpreter.
     • the interpreter reads the instructions one by one and gives the mistakes one at a time.

2. IDE

   • debugging: highlighting and identifying errors
   • translator: translating high level code to low level code
   • run time environment: experimenting and trailing in a safe environment
   • source code editor: organising the code so the coder does not have to. it does things like indents, brackets and colour coding