An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. A

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE normally consists of a source code editor, build automation tools and a debugger. The most common Salesforce IDEs are Eclipse and MavensMate.
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