Programming Environments

Programming Environments

An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. It combines several tools into a single graphical user interface (GUI) to streamline the development process to boost productivity and offer customisation options to suit user’s preferences (What Is an IDE? - Integrated Development Environment - GeeksforGeeks, n.d.). React applications begin with setting up a development environment to streamline creation, debugging, and deployment. There are three programming environments that particularly stand out: Visual Studio Code (VSCode), Sublime Text, and CodeSandbox (Best IDE for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript- Javatpoint, 2024).

Visual Studio Code

(VS Code)

IDE which created by Microsoft to provide great extension for programming languages.

Popular and efficient IDE
- One of the efficient IDEs most used for the development of React.js
- Known for its high extensions and easy usage
Rich extension ecosystem, for example:
- ESLint – For linting and identifying problematic code patterns
- Prettier – For code formatting
- React Snippets and IntelliSense – For auto-completions and code suggestions
Git tools integration
- Versioning controllable within the IDE
- Effective when applied in multiple synchronized machines
Debugging features
- Efficient debugger tool for bug identification and eradication
- Support break points and real-time debugging
- Permit for step-by-step code execution

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a light text editor for code, markup and prose.

Fast and efficiency
- Fast speed in live viewing
- Ideal for starting projects or working on small to medium-sized React.js applications.
User-friendly
- Provide a clear and simple interface
- Smooth navigation
Ample amount of hot keys assistance
- Enhance coding
- Editing code as well as refactoring

CodeSandbox

CodeSandbox is an online IDE that is created with a focus on web development and front-end applications.

Online IDE for Web Development:
- Live editor
- No setup or installation required
- developers can code directly in the browser
Ease of Use:
- Automatically handles dependencies and configurations
- Ideal for quickly prototyping, testing ideas, or running code snippets

Collaboration Features:
- Supports real-time collaborative development and pair programming
- Allows developers to invite teammates to work together on the same project

The cited capability of VS code which including various powerful tools as a component of the editor cuts across the working process and helps developers to be more efficient.

However,Sublime Text is not as powerful as VSCode for managing complex projects. Moreover, the box React.js support in Sublime Text is not available, but there are some plugins that help such as Babel for JSX, Emmet for HTML and CSS and SublimeLinter.

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Programming Environments

- Rishma Devi A/P Sivaraj