Integrated Development Environment

Integrated Development Environment

1. Translators

   • Definition: To convert high level to low level and low level to high level
     • High level language is easy to understand for humans and uses full English words
     • Low level language is hard for humans to understand and machines can understand.
   • Compiler: translates all code at once.
     • Advantage: carries out the program faster
     • Disadvantage: if there is a mistake it doesn't tell you where and takes a while to translate the code
   • Interpreter: translates line by line
     • Advantage: if there is a mistake it can tell you where
     • Disadvantage: takes longer to translate the code
   • Assembler: translates using mnemonics
     • Advantage: quick
     • Disadvantage: only translates asembely code

2. Purpose: to help the developer code

3. Auto Documention

   • Tracks variables

4. Run time environment

   • Safe place to run code which doesn't affect the PC

5. Code editor

   • Allows you to edit code

6. Debugger

   • Finds errors and bugs in the code