1. Lesson Objectives Aims Key Words
You should be fully aware of the existence and purpose of IDEs
You should know some of the common IDE features
You should know that many different IDEs exist with various features
Key Words

2. IDEs
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment.
Think of the IDE like Gandalf – it is wise, it knows everything that needs knowing
The IDE’s job is to make coding in a specific language easier.
The IDE also provides debugging, testing and compiling functions.

3. IDEs
The code that we write in the IDE is referred to as source code. It is the source of your programme’s functionality!
The process of writing, testing, debugging, packaging, documenting etc is referred to as the build.

4. IDEs
For VB.net we use Microsoft Visual Studio.
Other popular IDEs include NetBeans, Eclipse, Emacs, Notepad++, XCode.
Some IDEs are more clever than others; some can compile… some can’t, some offer complex syntax checking… some don’t etc etc! Plenty differs.
Visual Studio is one of the most comprehensive IDEs around.

5. IDEs
Notepad++ is a simple IDE as it doesn’t offer many features but it can still identify different programming syntaxes to aid programming as seen here. The code will need compiling in a separate compiler.
Emacs is the stuff of nightmares (above: Emacs user)

6. IDEs You will never know more about VB.net than Visual Studio
It is able to analyse your code as your type it for possible mistakes/errors without the need for compiling
It can make suggestions and autocomplete commands/syntax in real-time as you type
It has all of VB’s built in modules at hand
It can debug code that is not functioning correctly
It can compile code

7. IDEs The following are all common features found in various IDEs:
Colour coding
Automatic indentation
Code completion and suggestions
Live debugging
Stepping through code
Performance/memory inspection
Variable Inspection
Version tracking

8. IDEs
Look how much Visual Studio is trying to help. It might as well reach through the screen and hold your hand.

9. IDEs
It points out your mistakes and even offers an explanation as to why your code is so poor.

10. Review/Success Criteria
You should know
You you you oughta know