Difference between revisions of "Integrated development environment"

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An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

An IDE normally consists of a source code editor, build automation tools and a debugger. Most modern IDEs have intelligent code completion.

Some IDEs contain a compiler, interpreter (computing), or both, such as NetBeans and Eclipse.

Others do not, such as SharpDevelop and Lazarus.

The boundary between an integrated development environment and other parts of the broader software development environment is not well-defined.

Sometimes a version control system, or various tools to simplify the construction of a Graphical user interface (GUI), are integrated.

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 The boundary between an integrated development environment and other parts of the broader [[software development environment]] is not well-defined.
-Sometimes a version control system, or various tools to simplify the construction of a [[Graphical User Interface]] (GUI), are integrated.
+Sometimes a version control system, or various tools to simplify the construction of a [[Graphical user interface]] (GUI), are integrated.
 Many modern IDEs also have a [[class browser]], an [[object browser]], and a [[class hierarchy diagram]], for use in [[object-oriented software development]].