IDE Development Course - 2023
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) architecture and implementation. It covers both theoretical foundations and practical aspects of IDE development.
Students will learn about text editing systems, project management, language processing pipelines, symbol resolution, type systems, and performance optimization techniques that power modern IDEs. The course combines lectures with hands-on assignments to build a functional mini-IDE.
Prerequisites
- Programming fundamentals
- Basic understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Familiarity with at least one programming language
Learning Outcomes
- Deep understanding of IDE architecture
- Knowledge of language processing techniques
- Ability to implement IDE features
- Skills to contribute to IDE development projects
Lectures
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Lecture 1: Introduction to IDE
Development
Overview of IDE components including code editors, debugging tools, and version control integration.
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Lecture 2: The Craft of Plain Text
Fundamentals of plain text, text editing, rendering, and editor workflows.
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Lecture 3: Text Editor in IDE
Core text editor features: syntax highlighting, error detection, code navigation, and document markup.
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Lecture 4: Handling Projects in IDE
Project models, Virtual File Systems (VFS), Program Structure Interface (PSI), and caching mechanisms.
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Lecture 5: Understanding Programming
Language Part 1
Finite state automatons, formal languages, abstract syntax trees, lexical and syntax analysis.
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Lecture 6: Understanding Programming
Language Part 2
Semantic analysis, symbol tables, symbol resolution and scopes in IDEs.
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Lecture 7: Understanding Programming
Language Part 3
Syntax-directed translation, type systems and type checking in IDE development.
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Lecture 8: Understanding Programming
Language Part 4
Polymorphism, type inference and introduction to static analysis.
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Lecture 9: Dynamic Analysis
Performance profiling, memory profiling, and test coverage for runtime behavior analysis.
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Lecture 10: Debugging
Evolution of debugging tools, techniques, and implementation within modern IDEs.
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Lecture 11: Advanced Features
Smart search, navigation, code refactoring, and code completion tools.
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To be continued...
Practical Assignment
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Mini-IDE for
IDELang
Development of a basic IDE for IDELang, implementing text editing, syntax highlighting, and error detection.
Lecturer
Andrew Vasilyev (online alias "retran") started programming at the age of five. During his school years, he participated in programming competitions.
His career includes work in operations research, service-oriented architecture, and enterprise software development. Since 2013, he's focused on development tools, including frameworks, DSLs, and IDE development. He worked at Acumatica and 1C Company before joining JetBrains in 2018, where he now leads the ReSharper AI team.
Andrew has extensive teaching experience. He taught "High-Level Language Programming" and "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" at Moscow Aviation Institute (2011-2014), "IDE Development" at Higher School of Economics (2021), and at Constructor University in Bremen (2023). He also mentored students at Practicum by Yandex on algorithms and data structures (2021-2022).
