Jan 16, 2024 · I've tried SlickEdit, Notepad++, emacs, jEdit and Visual Studio. VS wins hands-down for Best Windows IDE. jEdit is probably the best GUI cross-platform editor/almost-IDE, and emacs is probably the best terminal cross-platform editor/almost-IDE. The advantage with using these is that when you jump to a Mac or Linux box, you know how they work.

In an IDE, we can access and use the different subparts with a minimum of switching; we don't have to leave our defined environment. This integration lets the different subparts interact better. For example, the editor can know about what language we write in, and give us symbol autocompletion, jump-to-definition, auto-indentation, syntax ...

Jan 2, 2015 · Remember that Objective-C is a superset of C (a pretty pure one, if I recall correctly). You should be able to use XCode for editing, compiling, and debugging. Here's one solution (which tells you to create a C++ project, then rename main.cpp to main.c)...

Apr 17, 2010 · I definitely recommend Eclipse and the CDT plugin. Emacs would be my preferred choice if you only need a good editor and not a full IDE. I use Eclipse almost every day on Linux, mostly for C++ programming these days. The CDT plugin is really good because it is very well integrated with the g++ compiler and the gdb debugger.

Aug 23, 2008 · Despite C/C++ support isn't so powerful as is for Java, it still offers most of the features. It has a nice feature named Managed Project that makes working with C/C++ projects easier if you don't have experience with Makefiles. But you can still use Makefiles. I do C and Java coding and I'm really happy with CDT.

Nov 15, 2015 · Which IDE is best for coding in C/C++ in Linux which offers the following: debugging; code completion; tooltips / documentation (function definitions) Also if the IDE can be used in general for Python and Perl coding it would be the best choice available.

Dec 28, 2016 · Xcode which is part of the MacOS Developer Tools is a great IDE. There's also NetBeans and Eclipse that can be configured to build and compile C++ projects. Clion from JetBrains, also is available now, and uses Cmake as project model.

May 30, 2020 · A comprehensive IDE, one of the first apps to have C and C++ function hints (think, intellisense), works with GCC or almost every c/c++ compiler out there, will help you manage a make file or let you do it all yourself, fast, clean, and all in all slick. Integrates with almost any version control server as well.

Feb 21, 2012 · @Lundin: "RAD" doesn't necessarily means "IDE". For Qt programming IDE is just a text editor, and it is easier to manage files/dependencies via another build system (qmake) that can generate build scripts or project files for the ide. MSVC has very good text editor - one of the best. However, that's the only reason (I can think of) to use it.

Jun 4, 2014 · I do a lot of embedded development work in C. I'm looking for an IDE that can give me the same kind of features as Eclipse or Visual Studio. In the past I've used Vim, but I'm just not happy with the amount of work it is to use. Right now I'm trying to use Eclipse, but I can't get it to tag my code correctly.