[GRLUG] C and C++ programing environment

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

It technically does support being an IDE for C/C++ but in my opinion 
you'd be better off using something more geared for  C/C++ work as 
opposed to java work. KDevelop is a very nice IDE and KDE kicks the junk 
out of Gnome anyway.

> On 4/9/07, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
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>>>> 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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