Course: Working with Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

In this video, you are provided with an introduction to Week 2. The video demonstrates how to use VSCode to open and run files and use debugging tools. Your turn …

IDEs have lots of amazing features which make working with code quicker and easier – and now you’ve been able to demonstrate some of those features and explain them to …

Well done – you’ve finished Working with Integrated Development Environments! Now you can think about how you want to develop further – if you’re not already a programmer, you could …

In this video, you are provided with a tutorial on how to use the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) debugger to identify and fix errors in a piece of code. The …

C, Java, and Python are all popular programming languages with their own unique strengths and weaknesses. But when it comes to choosing the right integrated development environment (IDE), it’s important …

Now that you’ve been introduced to a variety of different IDEs, you’ll get to have a go at using some of the features you’ve been learning about!  In this activity, …

In this video Amy explores Language-specific IDEs, which have tools designed just for one language or family of languages. Reflect When might a language-specific IDE be less useful? In the …

Now you’ve seen a few different examples of IDEs, you can go and do some research into the IDE which you think seems the most interesting! Have a look online …

In this video Amy introduced some general-purpose IDEs. General-purpose IDEs have a wide range of tools to support you in using a wider variety of languages and that makes them …

Now that you’ve seen some of these older technologies, it’s your turn to have a go at using Vim. Vim is a popular command line text editor – this means …

In this activity, you’ll be learning all about the exciting world of integrated development environments (IDEs). You’ll learn all about what they are, what they ‘integrate’, and explore some of …

An introduction to IDEs Integrated development environments or IDEs are a useful tool when developing code. As the name suggests, they are a single environment which integrates many of the …

In this activity, we’ll introduce you to some of the most popular programming languages out there and highlight the key differences between them. Once you’ve got the basics down, we’ll …

Course structure and assessment The course is designed to last for two weeks, but you’re welcome to take longer if needed. The course is not facilitated, but is designed to …

In this section, you’ll get a quick overview of three different common programming languages – Java, Python and C. This should help you to understand why we have different programming …