Wolfram Workbench provides typical features of a state-of-the-art integrated development environment (IDE), customized and specialized for Mathematica and other Wolfram technologies. A basic overview of Workbench is shown below.

Project-Based Approach  

Groups files, code, and other Mathematica resources into a single component Supports Mathematica code and notebooks, Java source, and classes for J/Link, DatabaseLink, and GUI widgets

Source Code Editor  

Provides powerful source code editing with syntax highlighting, error reporting, local-variable coloring, and much more Reports errors with problems-summary window and mouse-over usage messages for convenient assistance Offers outline summary of code in a source file

Debugging  

Lets you study code as it runs to detect and fix any problems Enables breakpoints to halt and evaluate variables Tracks problems, with useful error messages

Parallel Debugging  

gridMathematica programs that are run through Workbench create connections from each of the cluster's kernels back to Workbench Supports all standard Workbench debugger features, including breakpoints, stack display, and source location Profile report gives execution history for each kernel in the cluster

webMathematica Support  

webMathematica projects let you organize all your webMathematica material in one place. Server tools for starting and stopping the server, also for deploying the project to the server. Contains all the webMathematica documentation in convenient form.

Profiling  

Generates deterministic execution-profile reports Reports the number and length of evaluations, with expressions linked to source code

Testing  

Lets you write and run tests Testing overview lists and links passed and failed tests

Version Control  

Manages multiple versions of files Gives access to version history

Further Features