Integrated development environment

An integrated development environment (IDE) (also known as an integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment) is computer software to help computer programmers develop software.

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Computer software - Computer programmer

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They normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and (usually) a debugger. Sometimes a version control system and various tools to simplify the construction of a GUI are integrated as well. Many modern IDEs also integrate a class browser, an object inspector and a class hierarchy diagram, for use with object oriented software development. Although some multiple-language IDEs are in use, such as the Eclipse IDE or Microsoft Visual Studio, typically an IDE is devoted to a specific programming language, as in the Visual Basic IDE.

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Source code editor - Compiler - Interpreter - Debugger - Version control system - GUI - Class browser - Object inspector - Class hierarchy diagram - Object oriented - Eclipse - Microsoft Visual Studio - Programming language - Visual Basic

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