Course: Working with Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

AI-Integrated IDEs: Changing How We Build Software Introduction For many years, software development has followed a familiar pattern. A developer receives a requirement, works out how to solve the problem, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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, 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 …

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 …

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 …