Chapter 57 - Use of an IDE

» To execute the code » Spot and debug errors

» Integrated development environment

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

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

» Checks for an potential syntax errors in line with the rules of the language you are writing in » Saves the programmer having to go through the process of compiling

» Color codes command words, variables and data types to make your code more readable and easier to debug

» A debugging tool that enables you to stop the program execution at a specific point to enable you to see the values of the variables

» Increases efficiency

» Allows the user to find the line which has an error in it

» Check values of variables and how they change during the execution

» The IDE returns a set of errors to the programmer

» Allows to test a section of code, rather than test the entire code » Allows to identify logic errors and syntax errors » Reduce testing time

» A software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers which helps a programmer to produce error-free,

» An error which does agree with the grammatical rule of the programming language, therefore cause the computer not being able to understand it

» An error where a program will run, but will run abnormally, producing unintended results or outputs

» IDE feature which allows a program to stop on that line

» Tracing the execution of a program

» Try to uncover undetected erros

» Data within the range that you would expect and of the data type you would expect

» Data at the ends of the expected range

» Data that is either just outside the expected range or the wrong data type

» With an aid of a trace table, as you follow through the logic of the program, you now down in each trace table when each variable changes and what its value is