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IDE (editors for code)

Stands for Integrated Development Environment. It facilitates developers in creating software, and offers a number of features, including a compiler/interpreter, editor, debugger. It allows developers to write and format source code, execute the code, perform error diagnostics, and more.

First released TurboPascal in 1983
Developed by Borland Ltd.

Interesting facts

Without an IDE developers would have to use about five separate tools to compile a program.

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