Integrated Development Environment

Integrated Development Environment

1. translators

   • high and low level code
     • high level codes
       • Python
         • easy for humans to understand and interpret, uses the English language
     • low level code
       • binary (machine code)
         • the only code which the computer can understand
       • assembly code
         • uses abbreviations of the english language, fairly simple to understand for humans but cannot be understood by the computer
   • Compiler
     • a compiler takes all of your instructions and translates them in one go, they are much faster however if there is an error the whole program will finish running before it stops.
   • Interpreter
     • an interpreter translates each line of code as you input it, it is slower than a compiler however gives more room for error as it stops as soon as there is an error.
   • Assembler
     • an assembler converts between low level codes, specifically between assembly code and machine code

2. Runtime

   • run time environment is a safe space to experiment and test code.

3. Error diagnostics

   • Highlights and corrects errors for you to help in the debugging process

4. Code editor

   • Allows you to change and edit your code in source code