IDE

IDE

1. LOW LEVEL - HIGH LEVEL CODE

   • LOW LEVEL
     • Faster to read
     • harder for humans to understand
   • HIGH LEVEL
     • Slower
     • easier for humans to understand

2. TRANSLATORS

   • INTERPRETER
     • line by line
     • can edit along the way
     • less prep time
     • stops on one error
   • COMPILER
     • every line at once
     • shows list of errors at the end
     • takes lower storage/memory
   • ASSLEMER
     • assembly code
     • low level code to low level code

3. PURPOSE OF TRANSLATOR

   • to turn high level code into low level
   • so cpu can understand

4. OTHER

   • Run Time
     • checks errors when the code runs
   • code editor
     • Can edit the text in the IDE
   • Error diagnostics
     • highlights errors in the code before it runs. eg - highlighing spelling errors