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IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) are computer programs that facilitate efficient software development by providing features beyond those of a simple text editor.

An IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a computer program that facilitates by providing features beyond that of a simple text editor. Some typical IDE features are debugger/ support, tools/support, design tools and even performance analysis tools.

An IDE is intended to maximize a developer/programmer's productivity by providing a streamlined interface tuned to the task of software development. A modern full-featured IDE includes advanced features such as preemptive hints (when typing the first character of a variable name, for example), and tools to analyze the program at run-time (such as a debugger).

List of Some Free IDEs

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How to switch between terminals in Visual Studio Code?

I'm looking to switch between terminals open in visual studio code. With this "Switch focus between editor and integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code" question I correctly setup the focus, but I would like to switch between terminals, not only…
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Intelli J IDEA takes forever to update indices

Is it normal for Intelli J to take a lot of time (almost 12 hours) to update indices for a project? I just installed Intelli J on my machine and imported a rather large Maven project (13k+ files). I understand that the project is large but I let my…
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Best way to add Activity to an Android project in Eclipse?

When adding an activity to an existing Android project, I manually create a new class - is that the best / preferred way? How do others handle that?
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Is there something like RStudio for Python?

In RStudio, you can run parts of code in the code editing window, and the results appear in the console. You can also do cool stuff like selecting whether you want everything up to the cursor to run, or everything after the cursor, or just the part…
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Using Emacs as an IDE

Currently my workflow with Emacs when I am coding in C or C++ involves three windows. The largest on the right contains the file I am working with. The left is split into two, the bottom being a shell which I use to type in compile or make…
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Bash script plugin for Eclipse?

Are there any decent bash plug-ins for Eclipse? My only requirement is syntax highlighting. I've googled about but did not see anything that looked like "the" bash plug-in.
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In Eclipse, can I have multiple Console views at once, each showing a different Console?

I'm working on some applications that, in debug mode, log to the console. I'd like to run and debug them from inside of Eclipse, and view the console for each one simultaneously. However, I have a single Console tab that shows a single Console…
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How can I set the PHP version in PHPStorm?

Is it possible to set the PHP version value, say 4.0+ and have PHPStorm highlight functions that wouldn't work with the oldest version? For example, for PHP4 this should highlight static function etc. I have a PHP installation on my PC but I don't…
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How to ignore a particular directory or file for tslint?

The IDE being used is WebStorm 11.0.3, the tslint is configured and works, but, it hangs because it tries to parse large *.d.ts library files. Is there a way to ignore a particular file or directory?
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Can Eclipse refresh resources automatically?

Eclipse (3.4.2 with PyDev) deals with out-of-sync resources (files that have been edited outside of the IDE) differently from other IDEs that I've used, where only resources with editors open are considered out-of-sync. In Eclipse, any resource can…
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Difference between framework vs Library vs IDE vs API vs SDK vs Toolkits?

I want some examples. I always get confused, so with some examples I might be able to figure it out better. Also: Is Eclipse an API or IDE?
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How to disable gradle 'offline mode' in android studio?

I am new to android studio IDE development. Every time when I imported a sample project that developed in the android studio, I am getting this error.. No cached version of com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.0 available for offline mode. Disable…
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How to generate Class Diagram (UML) on Android Studio (IntelliJ Idea)

I've try to search and found this link, but Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D doesn't work. I also use find Action Ctrl+Shift+A to find action about diagram and uml but found nothing. I also search for the uml plugin, but most of them didn't work with new version of…
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How do I autoindent in Netbeans?

In eclipse you can click Ctrl+I at any line, and it'll automatically indent the line or group of lines according to the indentation scheme you chose in the settings. I'm really missing this feature in Netbeans. Is there any equivalent feature? I'm…
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Wrong syntax highlighting for PHP file in PHPStorm

I don't know what happened but syntax highlighting for one php file stopped to working and also icon next to the file has changed. It shows it's text file instead of PHP . How can I fix that ?
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