Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Working with Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
University of Leeds and Click Start
This course explored IDE fundamentals, including environment setup, interface navigation, debugging, syntax highlighting and code completion. Learners considered the purpose and benefits of using IDEs and how they can improve productivity and streamline coding processes. They also compered language-ambiguous IDEs and language-specific IDEs.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Sam Wilson
School of Computing, University of Leeds
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe examples of modern IDEs.
- Explain why programmers use IDEs.
- Summarise what an IDE can do.
- Compare and contrast different IDEs for different tasks.
- Explain why programmers develop tests for their code.
- Explain how to use VSCode to open and edit files.
- Explain how to use VSCode's debugging tools to fix a piece of Python code.
Syllabus
This course provides the essential skills and knowledge to excel in software development using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). You’ll cover IDE fundamentals, including environment setup, interface navigation, and valuable features like debugging.
- What makes up an integrated development environment?
- Tests and debugging in VSCode
Issued on 15th January 2025
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