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'''CodeView''' was a standalone [[debugger]] that originally shipped with [[Microsoft]] C/C++ 7.0 and earlier. It also shipped with [[Visual Basic]] for [[MS-DOS]]. It was one of the first debuggers on the MS-DOS platform that was full-screen oriented, rather than line oriented (like its predecessors DEBUG.COM and [[symdeb]]).

When running, CodeView would present the user with several [[window (computing)|windows]] that could be tiled, moved, and otherwise manipulated. Some of the windows were:

* Code window - the code window showed the currently debugged code in its [[source code]] context.

* Data window - a hexadecimal dump of a user-specified memory area.

* Command window - user commands (using the same or similar syntax as DEBUG.COM and [[symdeb]]) could be entered here.

Upon the release of Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0, the functionality of CodeView was integrated into a single programming environment, known as the [[Integrated development environment|Integrated Development Environment]] (IDE). This integration is seen by many developers to be a more natural way of developing software since coding and debugging can be done without switching programs or context.