U7 - IDEs

Intergrated Development Environment Provide programmers with the tools to create computer programs They increase productivity by combining activities into a single application THey have added functionality particularly useful for debugging

Automatic Formatting Linker Loader Debugger Colour Coding Compiler Interpreter Editor

Automatically indents code correctly

Allows previously compiled code to be linked together

A program which compiles code from memory

A program which helps to identify and rectify errors

Converts source code into machine code. Once compiled does not need to be recompiled

Automatically changes KEYWORDS and LITERALS into different colours

Allows the programmer to edit and input source code

Converts source code into machine code line-by-line. Repeated everytime the code is run

TRACE BREAK POINT VARIABLE WATCH SINGLE STEPPING MEMORY INSPECTOR ERROR DIAGNOSTICS

Displays the order in which lines of a program are executed Displays the possible values of variables

Displays the contents of a section of storage

Program runs one line at a time with the programmer controlling when the line runs Programmer can examine what the program is doing in that line

Interrupts a program on a SPECIFIC LINE of code, allowing the programmer to compare values of variables against expected values.

Displays current value of variable Can be watched when single stepping to see how code effects variable