# Code editor

Concept · [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical)

Also called: editor, IDE, integrated development environment, AI code editor, text editor

The program a [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) uses to read and write code. A fuller version is called an IDE. Some editors now build an [AI assistant](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatbot) into the editor itself.

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) opens a project in a code editor, changes one line, and sees the mistake underlined before running anything.

## Connects to (7)

- [Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code): Exact written instructions that tell a computer what to do, step by step.
- [Terminal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terminal): A text window where a person types commands to a computer and reads its replies.
- [Cursor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cursor): An AI code editor and coding agent made by the company Anysphere.
- [GitHub Copilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github-copilot): An AI coding assistant made by GitHub.
- [Google Antigravity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-antigravity): Google's coding tool built around AI agents.
- [Xcode](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/xcode): Apple's free app for building software for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
- [Android Studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/android-studio): Google's free app for building Android apps, with a code editor, phone emulators and tools for publishing.

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