Please what is the difference between a compiler and an IDE

Question

Compiler and ide

Answer 1

ide means integrated development environment it contains all compoonents needed to program from text editor compiler debugger while compiler is a program which translates source code inti machine code. compiler may be the one part of the ide.

Answer 2

Thanks Sandeep, you just solve my worries, now I got the hit point where you said "compiler may be one part of the ide", that is where the clarity comes in. Thanks

Answer 3

Which in essence the ide platform for the C# language is the . net framework