IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

Developers use numerous tools throughout software code creation, building and testing.
Development tools often include text editors, code libraries, compilers and test platforms. Without
an IDE, a developer must select, deploy, integrate and manage all of these tools separately.

An IDE brings many of those development-related tools together as a single framework, application
or service. The integrated toolset is designed to simplify software development and can identify and
minimize coding mistakes and typos.

An IDE can also contain features such as programmable editors, object and data modeling, unit
testing, a source code library and build automation tools.

IDEs are typically designed to integrate with third-party version control libraries, such as GitHub and
Apache's Subversion.

Developers must match the IDE they use with the type of application they want to produce. For
example, if a developer wants to create an application on iOS, then they need an IDE that supports
Apple's Swift programming language.

An IDE for mobile development normally works with code that runs on iOS or Android devices.
Xamarin is an example of a cross-platform mobile IDE, which means it can create code for multiple
mobile platform types. For example, a developer can write a feature in C and Xamarin translates it
into Swift for iOS and Java for Android. Additionally, Xamarin offers UI tests and it can distribute beta
tests to users.

More popular IDE tools include NetBeans, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio.

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