How can I include an IDE within an educational game that teaches programming?

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Trying to incorporate an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that players can access to input code during game.

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You could describe more how you see this IDE work?

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, Thanks for the response.

I am trying to figure out how a player could type code within my game and then have the game run the code. I am not sure how to include an editor so that it would check syntax.

I am also not sure what options there are. For example, can I display the editor in a web based window or do I need to use C++ and code the whole IDE within my game. Lastly how do I use the user created code in my game. Do I have to compile the file and then restart the game or can I have my game automatically compile and then use the code or do I need to have a web based game to achieve this functionality.

Thanks for any feedback you might have.