What is EiffelStudio?
EiffelStudio is a free and open source integrated development environment for the Eiffel programming language. It includes a variety of tools for developing, testing, and debugging Eiffel projects:
- Code editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion, and other productivity features
- Compiler to build Eiffel projects
- Debugger to step through code, inspect variables, and set breakpoints
- Testing tools like unit testing framework
- Refactoring tools for safely restructuring code
- UML diagramming features
- Version control integration (Git, Subversion, etc.)
Some key benefits of EiffelStudio include support for contract programming with built-in static analysis, a focus on reuse and safety with features like qualified calls and invariants, and seamless integration of tools for the entire development workflow. Teams building mission-critical systems with Eiffel rely on EiffelStudio to improve quality and velocity.