Description
jGRASP is a lightweight and free integrated development environment (IDE) designed for teaching and learning programming, with a focus on languages such as Java, C, C++, Python, Ada, and VHDL. It is widely used in educational contexts due to its simplicity and visual tools that help in understanding programming concepts.
Key Features:
- Multi-language Support: Provides compilation and execution for Java, C, C++, Python, among others, with simplified setup for beginners.
- Data Structure Visualization: One of the highlights is the graphical visualization feature for data structures (such as lists, trees, and arrays) in real time, helping to understand how data is organized and manipulated.
- Control Structure Diagram (CSD): Generates diagrams that represent the control structure of the code (loops, conditionals, etc.), facilitating the analysis of the program flow.
- Integrated Debugging: Includes a debugger with breakpoints, variable inspection, and step-by-step execution.
- Simple Interface: The interface is intuitive, with a colored code editor, project support, and easy navigation, ideal for students.
- Integration with Compilers: Allows configuring compilers such as JDK for Java or GCC for C/C++, with support for different operating systems.
- UML Generation: For Java projects, it can create UML diagrams that show relationships between classes.