Programming Languages

Programming Languages

1. IDE

   • Examples of other IDE's include: IDLE, Pycharm, Lua, C, Java, Javascript, CSS3, SQL etc.
   • IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment
   • Features of an IDE (TREE)
     • Editor
       • Makes coding easier by: Auto colouring codes key command words
       • Makes coding easier by: Auto indenting after pressing enter after a colon
       • Allows you to create and edit your own code
     • Translator
       • Either compiles or interprets code ; both methods will translate higher-level code into lower-level code
       • Interpreter - Translates high level code into low level code line by line and will only pause and alerts the user if it reaches an error in the code
       • Compiler - Translates high level code into low level code all at once and will run error diagnostics if any errors are encountered
       • An assembler is the final type of translator which uses mnemonics ; mnemonics in programming are shortened variations of full words that assist in remembering functions like 'ADD' or 'LDA' more easier so translating is more efficient
         • Mnemonics
           • LDA - Load
           • ADD - Addition
           • SUB - subtract
           • DAT - Data
           • STA - Store
           • HLT - Halt
     • Error Diagnostics
       • Automatically scans the code for any possible syntax errors and reports back to the user
     • Run Time Environment
       • An area for the program to be tested on before publishing it as software
       • Quickly runs the code without having to compile the code into an executable file

2. High level programming languages

   • Examples include: Python IDLE, C#, C++, Java, Lua
   • Designed to be understood by humans

3. Low level programming languages

   • Designed to be understood by computers
   • Examples include: Machine Code, Assembly Language