INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Definition & Meaning

integrated development environment

[ in-ti-grey-tid di-vel-uhp-muhnt en-vahy-ruhn-muhnt, en-vahy-ern-muhnt ]

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noun

software for programmers that consolidates coding, compiling, diagnostic, and debugging tools in a single interface. : IDE

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of integrated development environment¹

First recorded in 1985–90

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Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 Express, the free-to-use version of its integrated development environment, can produce nothing else.

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