Editing Free Pascal (section)

== Integrated development environments ==
Like most modern compilers, Free Pascal can be used with an [[integrated development environment]] (IDE). Besides independent IDEs there are also plugins to various existing IDEs

[[File:Lazarus_2.0_unter_Windows_10.png|thumb|right|[[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]] IDE in [[Windows 10]]]]
*[[Lazarus (IDE)|Lazarus]] is the most popular IDE used by Free Pascal programmers. It looks and feels similar to the Delphi IDE, and can be used to create [[console application|console]] and [[graphical user interface|graphical]] applications, [[Windows service]]s, [[Daemon (computer software)|daemons]], and [[web application]]s. Lazarus provides a cross-platform user interface framework, called [[Lazarus Component Library]] (LCL). Graphical applications created with LCL can be ported to another platform via [[Write once, compile anywhere|recompiling]] or [[Cross compiler|cross compiling]].

[[File:FPIDE 1.0.10 de.png|thumb|right|Free Pascal IDE in [[Linux]] showing [["Hello, World!" program]] in [[German language|German]]]]
*Free Pascal has its own [[text-mode]] IDE resembling Turbo Pascal's IDE. It is made using the Free Vision framework (also included with Free Pascal), a Turbo Vision clone. In addition to many features of the Turbo Pascal IDE, it has code completion and support for multiple help file formats (HTML, [[Microsoft Compiled HTML Help]] (CHM), [[Information Presentation Facility]] (IPF). Instead of using command line tools, the IDE uses its own embedded compiler, based on the same source as the command line compiler and debugger (using libgdb or GDBMI) to provide its functionality.

*[[Dev-Pascal]] is a free Windows-only IDE for Free Pascal and [[GNU Pascal]], with no further development following the 2004 FPC version and the 2005 GPC version.