What is an IDE?
IDE stands for an Integrated Development Environment. An IDE is an application that contains the necessary tools required to write and test software. Simply, it is the application that you will need to create, test and run your programs.
What IDEs Do We Recommend?
We recommend the following IDEs depending on the programming language of choice:
1. Python
We recommend Thonny IDE (Download setup from here)
The following video provides a walk-through installation guide.
2. JavaScript
We recommend Visual Studio Code (Download setup from here)
3. C or C++
We recommend CodeBlocks (Download setup from here)
The following video provides a walk-through installation guide.
4. Java
We recommend Apache Netbeans (Download setup from here)