Custom "Caring IDE" for Online Offering of CS1

The role of an integrated IDE capable of several different key features in teaching and learning programming is very clear to everyone. In this work-in-progress paper, we present the new version of our Caring IDE, a cloud-based IDE system integrated with a Learning Management System (LMS), an autograder, databases for storage, and dashboard prototypes to (1) deliver a smoother programming learning experience for students and (2) enhance the instructor's ability to informatively perform student success interventions quickly and early. Here, we report and extrapolate on the design and implementation of the Caring IDE. We also demonstrate the value of the Caring IDE in promoting student self-learning in an online, introductory computer science (CS1) summer course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we showcase preliminary IDE-based analytics to promote student success in CS courses