1. A process for code validation using content assist, said process comprising: presenting, by one or more processors of a data processing system, a first list of items to a code developer who is writing software code during operation of a content assist in an integrated development environment (IDE) of the data processing system, said developer enabled by the content assist to write the software code faster during the operation of the content assist than without the content assist, each item of the first list of items being enabled for validation, each item of the first list of items being a function or code method which generates a result upon being executed by the one or more processors; said one or more processors receiving, during the operation of the content assist, an item selected by the developer from the first list of items; said one or more processors generating, during the operation of the content assist, a result for the selected item by (i) executing the selected item using at least one value received as input from the developer during the operation of the content assist and (ii) ascertaining whether said executing the selected item requires prior initialization of a value of a variable; and said one or more processors displaying, during the operation of the content assist, the result to the developer.