Please help me understand the differences

[ringer]

Hi,
Can someone tell me what is the difference between languages, libraries, gui's, toolboxes, wrappers, etc., please? While I recently had a class in OOP Logic and Intro to C++, they didn't teach us these basics.
Thank you.

[JosAH]

@ringer
Maybe it's because those 'basics' aren't so basic after all. It'll take a small novel to explain them all (in not too much detail). Maybe a next class will explain them.

kind regards,

Jos

[ringer]

I ran across another one too. What is an IDE used for?
Thank you.

[JosAH]

@ringer
An IDE is an Interactive Development Environment. It allows you to build your entire project, i.e. all your source files, your resource files and whatever comes with it.

kind regards,

Jos

[ringer]

Thanks Jos.

I think I understand, but how do I choose an IDE? If I use Python, they give options to choose from (http://wiki.python.org/moin/Integrat...ntEnvironments) but they're categorized into these types:
"With introspection-based code completion and integrated debugger" or
"IDEs with introspection-based code completion /or/ integrated debugger" or
"IDEs with integrated gui builder".

I definitely want to be able to do the gui with it, but I also want the other stuff too, right?

How do I choose?
And does the IDE help with implementing the data storage in the db?

Thanks again.