It is a set or collection of tools that help developers in writing other software or programs. It assists them in creating, debugging, and maintaining software or programs or applications. We can say that these are facilitator software that helps translate programming language such as Java, C++, Python, etc., into machine language code. So, it is not used by end-users. For example, compilers, linkers, debuggers, interpreters, text editors, etc. This software is also called a programming tool or software development tool.
Some examples of programming software include:
- Eclipse: It is a java language editor.
- Coda: It is a programming language editor for Mac.
- Notepad++: It is an open-source editor for windows.
- Sublime text: It is a cross-platform code editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows.