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title: "Integrated Development Environment (IDE)"
date: "2021-02-18T03:56:55+00:00"
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description: "IDE Glossary: Secure Your Development Environment. Learn Best Practices and Tools. [Integrated Development Environment (IDE)]"
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# Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

**Integrated Development Environment (IDE)** is a software application that combines all of the features and tools needed by a software developer. It’s graphical in nature, meaning that it uses windows and controls like buttons to display information and accept input from the user.