[GRLUG] C and C++ programing environment

Michael Mol mikemol at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 08:09:50 EDT 2007


I'd only heard of it as a Java IDE; I didn't know it supported other
languages.  Neat!

On 4/9/07, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Eclipse is a widely-used Open Source multi-language IDE.
> http://www.eclipse.org/
>
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> On 4/8/07, Michael Mol < mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/8/07, Jordan Hudson < jodanlime at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello all, I am a student at Muskegon community college, and I started
> > > taking some programming classes. I was wondering if anybody would be
> able to
> > > suggest a programming environment that is somewhat similar to Microsoft
> > > Visual C++. I need 3 things:
> > >
> > > 1. Works on Linux, mac, and winders
> >
> > As in, the programs themselves work, or the IDE works?
> >
> > For 100-200-level college courses, Programs limited to console
> > activity (iostream and the like) should compile equally well under gcc
> > or Visual Studio, so you should be able to drop the .cpp file from
> > your Linux IDE into a barebones Visual Studio project, and compile it
> > there. (Don't forget to either create or disable stdafx.h in Visual
> > Studio, though.)
> >
> > If you're compiling with gcc on a Mac, the same principle holds.
> >
> > >
> > > 2. can compile and test program in environment
> >
> > So you're looking for an Integrated Development Environment, or IDE.
> > If you're looking for something fairly close to Visual Studio, I'd
> > suggest you try Anjuta or KDevelop.  The project files won't be
> > compatible, but the .cpp and .h files can be, if you're careful to
> > limit yourself to standards-compliant code.
> >
> > >
> > > 3. either free or cheap, preferably open source
> >
> > Anjuta and KDevelop are the only GUI-based IDEs I'm familiar with, and
> > they're both free software.
> >
> > >
> > > thank you to anybody who has any information!
> >
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