Definitions of editor and IDE?

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:48:06 -0300, Dick Moores <rdm at rcblue.com> escribió:

> Are there generally accepted definitions of "editor" and "IDE". Is there  
> a clear-cut
> distinction between them? I've been looking at the lists of each at  
> python.org,
> < http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors> and <  
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments>.
> Many programs are on both lists: Komodo, Eclipse, jedit, SPE, Wing IDE,  
> UliPad,
> etc.

IDE means "Integrated Development Environment". Usually includes a source  
file editor, but many more things, like: a debugger, an object inspector,  
some software design tools, a GUI designer, etc.

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Gabriel Genellina