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Software Engineering IDE Tools - Coggle Diagram
Software Engineering IDE Tools
IDEs
An IDE is a set of programmin tools for writing software all accessed from a common user interface ad menus.
Editor
This allows a programmer to enter and edit source code.
Complier
Translates the entire source code into machine code ad create an executable file.
Interpreter
Translates each lie/a single line of source code and executes as the program i being used.
Automatic formatting
Correctly indents code when using loops or selection.
Automatic colour coding
Changes keywords, literals and annotation to different colours to make them more recognisable.
Linker
This is a program which allows preciously compiled code from software libraries to be linked together.
Loader
This is program which loads previously compiled code into memory.
Debugger
This helps locate, identify and rectify errors i a program.
Syntax error detection
Highlights syntax errors before code is translates
Trace
This displays the order in which the lines of program are executed.
Breaking point
Interrupts a program on a specific line of code, allowing the programmer to compare the values of variables against expected values. The program code can then usually be executed one line at a time. This is called single-stepping.
Variable watch