IDE#
integrated development environment (IDE)
An IDE is a software application that helps in writing and working on software.
It allows you to create files such as .md (Markdown), .py Python, .r (R), etc. (An IDE is only needed if we are going to create a Markdown file in the workshop.)
Brief introduction
What is an IDE? The term “IDE” suggests a handful of essential features. Find out what to look for in an IDE.
In the content for this workshop, the examples use Visual Studio Code.
You can use any plain text editor but for our purposes, Visual Studio Code (“VS Code”) will be used.