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“An integrated development environment (IDE) (sometimes
known as an integrated design environment or integrated debugging
environment) is a software application that provides comprehensive
facilities to programmers for software development.“Many coders learn to code using a text editor but in time they
move towards using an IDE as this type of software application
makes the art of coding quicker and more efficient. For example,
IDEs have semantic knowledge of the programming language which
highlights coding problems while typing. Compiling is ‘on the fly’
and debugging is integrated.“An IDE normally comprises a:
* Source code editor (essentially a text editor with additional
features such as code completion, structural navigation, and syntax
highlighting) * Debugger
* Compiler and/or interpreter
* Build automation tools”