Professional software engineers often write code using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). IDEs support most development-related work within the same tool (hence, the term integrated).
An IDE generally consists of:
Examples of popular IDEs:
Some web-based IDEs have appeared in recent times too e.g., Amazon's Cloud9 IDE.
Some experienced developers, in particular those with a UNIX background, prefer lightweight yet powerful text editors with scripting capabilities (e.g. Emacs) over heavier IDEs.
Exercises
Debugging is the process of discovering defects in the program. Here are some approaches to debugging:
Exiting process() method, x is 5.347
. This approach is not recommended due to these reasons: