About IDE

IDE(Integrated development environment)

A Java IDE is a software application which enables users to more easily write and debug Java programs. Many IDEs provide features like Syntax highlighting and code completion, which help the user to code more easily. It is a software application that combines all of the features and tools needed by a software developer.

For example, tools can include:

•  A text editor: a window for the input, arrangement, and commenting of programming language code.
• A project editor: a window that lists all of the files that make up the software project.
• A tool bar: a set of buttons that represent the functions the environment can perform.
• An output viewer: a window that displays any message that the environment generates during the operations it undertakes.

 

A program that allows us to:

• Write our source code.
• Compile our machine code.
• Debug – tools to find errors.
• Build our program – file that can be executed by JVM.
• Run – execute our program.
• Development faster and easier

Popular java IDEs : IntelliJ IDEA, Net Beans, Eclipse etc.