Candidates should be able to:

1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a compiler and an interpreter
2. Explain the role of an IDE in writing program code and the common functions IDEs provide.

Notes and guidance
• Including an understanding that an interpreter is mostly used when developing a program and a compiler is used to translate the final program
• Including:
– code editors
– run-time environment
– translators
– error diagnostics
– auto-completion
– auto-correction
– prettyprint