The actual programming is done in the editor. Editor: displays the contents of the script files.Command history: displays the history of commands.Workspace: displays the variables and functions of the running scripts.Here you create new folders and new scripts. File Browser: displays the folders that contain m-files.Octave IDE similarly is organized in five main windows, that are used for developing and running scripts. The only way to do this, is by undocking the command window, resizing it, and placing it on top of the main window. When running scripts, it is often required to see editor and output next to each other. You can see either the command window or the editor, but not both at the same time, Left part of the main view and command window, documentation, editor and variable editor in the right part of the In Octave, the default window layout organizes file browser, workspace and command history in the In a 4x4 grid, and be configured and aligned differently using the Layout menu. In MATLAB, the default window layout displays file browser, workspace, editor and command window In the following we use the term integrated development environments (IDE) and refer to "MATLAB IDE" and "Octave IDE".Īfter installation, the IDE's should look similarly as in the screenshots below.
In order to run MATLAB scripts, a MATLAB installation is required, a test version is downloadable from the Mathworks website.Īlternatively, you can download and install Octave,