Field size calculation and color coding display options usable in an emulated integrated development environment (ide)

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code to perform the steps of:
• receiving a plurality of field size rules for automatically calculating a field size for a code structure;
• receiving a plurality of element display rules for categorizing one or more elements in a code structure;
• and
• displaying results based on the field size rules and the element display rules.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a network interface card NIC);
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and to the network interface card (MC), the processor configured to execute the steps of:
• receiving a plurality of field size rules for automatically calculating a field size for a code structure;
• receiving a plurality of element display rules for categorizing one or more elements in a code structure;
• and
• displaying results based on the field size rules and the element display rules.