Software

Which of the following list of options describes the integrated development environment (IDE) prettyprint function?

• Allowing code to be entered.

• Offering a list of options when programmers start to type key words.

• Including indentation and syntax highlighting, to make code easier to read.

• Correcting minor typing mistakes.

Answer explanation

Code formatting including indentation and syntax highlighting to make code easier to read (sometimes known as ‘prettyprint’).

State the name of the integrated development environment (IDE) tool which corrects minor typing mistakes while writing the code.

Which of the following integrated development environment (IDE) tools is used to offer a list of options when programmers start to type key words?

• Auto-completion

• Error diagnostic

• Auto-correction

• Prettyprint

Answer explanation

Error highlighting and diagnostics is an IDE function which highlights potential errors in code and provides hints and suggestions about possible solutions.

State the name of the integrated development environment (IDE) function, which allows the created program to be run and tested.

Answer explanation

A run time environment allows programs to be run and tested within the IDE.

Select from the following list of options the integrated development environment (IDE) tool that allows the programmer to write and edit the programming code.

• Run-time environment

• Code editors

• Translators

• Error diagnostics

Answer explanation

Code editors or text editors allows code to be entered.

Answer explanation

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application specifically designed to help programmers create software.

Which of the following is not a description of an interpreter?

• Converts each instruction line by line.

• Converts the whole program to object code in one go.

• It halts when it finds an error.

• It translates the code every time the program is running.

Answer explanation

An interpreter:

Converts each instruction line by line.

It halts when it finds an error.

It translates the code every time the program is running.

Which of the following is not a description of a compiler?

• It creates an error report at the end of translation.

• Converts and executes each instruction line by line.

• Converts the code only once.

• It creates an executable file.

Answer explanation

A compiler:

Converts the whole program to object code in one go.

Converts the code only once.

It creates an error report at the end of translation.

It creates an executable file.

Which translator (compiler or interpreter) is the most suitable to be used by a programmer after the development process of their program is completed using a high-level programming language?

Answer explanation

By using a compiler after completing the development process, the executable file produced by the compiler will execute quicker than interpreted code.

An executable file (object code) is produced which can be executed without the compiler or other additional software.