Timeline for What is the difference between an "API," a "framework," an "IDE," and an "engine?"
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| Aug 21, 2023 at 2:59 | comment | added | Neel | "IDE integrates a plain text editor with GUI, for viewing the result of running the code." and "Game Engine with a GUI to write code and view results of running the code is an IDE."; thus not all IDE are Game engines. | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 0:42 | comment | added | Vaillancourt♦ | An IDE is a feature-rich text editor. Visual Studio is an IDE. You can use it to write code that will be run by the game engine, but in itself, it's not a game engine. Engines like Unreal will integrate with Visual Studio to let users write code, but it does not make Visual Studio a game engine. | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 17:50 | comment | added | Neel | The accepted answer says that an IDE is unrelated to Game Engine. My answer is that a Game Engine with a GUI to write code and view results of running the code is an IDE; eg UE4, Unity, Godot, etc. | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 12:12 | comment | added | Vaillancourt♦ | 1) you repeat essentially what has been stated in the accepted answer and 2) some things you mention are wrong. | |
| Aug 19, 2023 at 6:51 | history | answered | Neel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |