2.5 Programming Languages and IDEs

Allows you to add and edit code as well as to insert comments

Runs your program by converting your source code into machine code in order for it to be executed by the CPU

Checks for potential syntax errors as you code. Helps avoid or pick up common errors.

Colour codes command words, variables and data types. Make code more readable and assists with debugging.

Help you detect and locate errors. E.g. threading, break points and memory inspector.

Allows you to trace a program and pause execution at a specific point to see the values of your variables

Displays the contents of memory so you can see how the program is using it. Helps to debug memory leaks.

Allows you to see threads currently running (code running in parallel).

E.g. Python, JavaScript, C++. Programming languages that allow the programmer to specify the logical steps to solve a problem without having to worry about the low-level machine operations needed to perform the computation.

E.g. Machine code, assembly language. Programming languages that require the programmer to specify the steps to solve a problem in terms that are aligned to the operations of a specific machine.

Program instructions that require no further translation as they are already in binary

A low-level programming language that uses mnemonics to represent machine code operations.

A meaningful code (such as LOAD) that is used to represent an opcode in an assembly language program.

E.g. central heating system, automatic windscreen wipers, washing machine. A complete computer system that has a dedicated function within a larger system.

Software that provides an interface to a peripheral device such as a printer. The driver translates commands from the peripheral device into a form that the operating system and other programs can understand and vice versa.

Converts the whole high-level code into machine code before running it. (C# is a compiled language)

Converts one statement of the high-level program at a time into machine code before running the line. (Python, JavaScript are interpreted languages)

Integrated development environment. Application that allows the writing and running of programs. Provides support with debugging and diagnostics.