Apple Inc.

Samuel C Page

Kenneth S Orr

Matthew M Patenaude

Maxwell Oliver Drukman

Michael S Ferris

Christopher Arthur Lattner

Donald Matthew Firlik

Behzad Aghaei

Timothy V Isted

Sonny Falk

William A Dudney, Jr

Alexander Barraclough Brown

Murat N Konar

Patrick R Holley

Methods and systems for developing software can perform both compilation operations and read-evaluate-print-loop (REPL) operations on source code. In one embodiment, an integrated development environment can include a source code editor and a compiler and can perform the following operations: receiving source code and performing REPL operations as the source code is received; receiving edits in the source code for which REPL operations have been performed and compiling, by the compiler, the edited source code; and storing results of execution of the edited source code for use in subsequent REPL operations.

Software development environment with compilation and read-evaluate-print-loop operations

In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions. The device receives a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, the suggested bracketed function is inserted into the sequence of code. The bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of code. The device receives a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function. Responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, the sequence of code is modified such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of code.

Touch-based interactive learning environment

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Samuel C Page