Integrated Development Environment Keyword Translation for Native Coding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Programming languages based on the English language create a significant barrier for non-English speaking beginners and hinder effective international collaborative development, as professional programming relies on precise nomenclature and unique tools, making it difficult for new languages to gain traction.
Innovation Solution
An integrated development environment (IDE) with a translation functionality that translates programming language keywords on-the-fly within a text editor, allowing code to be edited in an intermediate language while stored in the original language, without modifying the compiler.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If programming languages use English-based nomenclature to ensure precision and tool compatibility, then manufacturing precision and reliability are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates for non-English speakers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer between the user's natural language and the English-based programming language. This translation component acts as a mediator that converts keywords from the user's language to English, allowing non-English speakers to write code in their native language while the compiler receives standard English code, thus resolving the contradiction between precision and accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary translation of programming keywords from the user's natural language to English before the code is compiled. This advance conversion allows users to work in their native language while ensuring the compiler receives properly formatted English code, addressing both accessibility and precision requirements
2Ease of operation
If a new programming language is created to support non-English keywords, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity and loss of information increase due to translation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than creating a completely new programming language, the patent uses an intermediary translation component that bridges natural language and existing English-based programming languages. This approach reduces complexity by leveraging existing language infrastructure while still providing language accessibility benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The system copies and translates only the necessary keywords from English to the user's natural language, rather than creating an entirely new language syntax. This selective copying approach maintains compatibility with existing programming structures while reducing the complexity of language design
3Ease of operation
If translation functionality is integrated into the IDE, then ease of operation is improved for international collaboration, but device complexity increases due to additional translation components
Solution Approach 1:
The translation functionality is segmented as a separate, modular component within the IDE architecture. This segmentation allows the translation feature to be added independently without fundamentally altering the core IDE structure, thus improving international collaboration capabilities while minimizing increases in overall system complexity
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AI summary
Various examples relate to an apparatus, a device, a method, and a computer program for an integrated development environment. The apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to provide a first user interface component of the integrated development environment for editing code written in a programming language, provide a second user interface component of the integrated development environment for selecting an intermediate language to use for displaying the code in the first user interface component, and translate keywords of the code between the selected intermediate language and corresponding keywords of the programming language when loading code for editing in the first user interface component from a file and when saving code edited in the first user interface component to a file, with the programming language being based on a language that is different from the selected intermediate language.