Editing Wolfram Mathematica (section)

==Notebook interface==
Mathematica is split into two parts: the kernel and the [[Front and back ends|front end]]. The kernel interprets expressions (Wolfram Language code) and returns result expressions, which can then be displayed by the front end.

The original front end, designed by [[Theodore Gray]]<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US8407580 Patent US8407580]  Google Patent Search</ref> in 1988, consists of a [[notebook interface]] and allows the creation and editing of [[Notebook interface|notebook documents]] that can contain code, plaintext, images, and graphics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bit-player.org/wp-content/extras/bph-publications/Pixel-1990-01-Hayes-Mathematica.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715213929/http://bit-player.org/wp-content/extras/bph-publications/Pixel-1990-01-Hayes-Mathematica.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=live|title=Thoughts on Mathematica|last=Hayes|first=Brian|date=1990-01-01|work=Pixel}}</ref>

Code development is also supported through support in a range of standard [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) including [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/21/workbench/index.php|title=Wolfram intros Workbench IDE for Mathematica|date=21 June 2006|work=Macworld|access-date=11 August 2015|archive-date=2 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702172412/http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/21/workbench/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[IntelliJ IDEA]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mathematicaplugin.halirutan.de/| title = Mathematica plugin for IntelliJ IDEA}}</ref> Atom, [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]], [[Visual Studio Code]] and [[Git]]. The Mathematica Kernel also includes a command line front end.<ref>[http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/UsingATextBasedInterface.html Using a Text-Based Interface] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192506/http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/UsingATextBasedInterface.html |date=2013-10-29 }} documentation at wolfram.com</ref>

Other interfaces include JMath,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robotics.caltech.edu/~radford/jmath/|title=JMath: A GNU Readline based frontend for Mathematica|access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref> based on [[GNU Readline]] and WolframScript<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/program/wolframscript.html|title=Directory listing|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> which runs self-contained Mathematica programs (with arguments) from the UNIX command line.