Eduqas CS IDE Functions

Which is not an IDE

• Thonny
• Greenfoot
• Notepad++
• IDLE

Allows a programmer to enter, format and edit source code

• Editor
• Compiler
• Interpreter
• Linker

Converts source code into executable machine code. Once compiled, a program can be run at any time

• Editor
• Compiler
• Interpreter
• Linker

Converts each line of source code into machine code, and executes it as each line of code is run. The conversion process is performed each time the program needs to be run

• Editor
• Compiler
• Interpreter
• Linker

A program which allows previously compiled code, from software libraries, to be linked together

• Linker
• Loader
• Trace
• Memory Diagnostic

A program which loads previously compiled code into memory

• Linker
• Loader
• Trace
• Memory Diagnostic

A facility which helps locate, identify and rectify errors in a program

• Breakpoint
• Debugger
• Trace
• Memory Diagnostic

A facility which displays the order in which the lines of a program are executed, and possibly the values of variables as the program is being run

• Breakpoint
• Variable watch
• Trace
• Memory inspector

A facility which interrupts a program on a specific line of code, allowing the programmer to compare the values of variables against expected values.

• Debugger
• Variable watch
• Trace
• Break point

When the program code is executed one line at a time.

• Debugger
• Variable watch
• Trace
• Single stepping