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On Windows, just use Visual Studio. It's free (one of Microsoft's better decisions of the last few years) and it's pretty damned good. Resist the temptation to
by kabdib 9y ago
On Windows, just use Visual Studio. It's free (one of Microsoft's better decisions of the last few years) and it's pretty damned good.
Resist the temptation to switch tools a lot, or tweak things continually with plugins or code generators or whatever. I've seen people do this; they get distracted by tooling and tend to learn more slowly.
All you really need to do is sit your butt in a chair in front of a good C++ compiler/debugger, and stock VS without any tweaks fits that perfectly.
- to3m 9y agoYou do need Comment Reflower.
- kabdib 9y agoNobody I know uses it. On the other hand, the Whole Tomato refactoring tools are pretty awesome, and most of my cow-orkers have them installed. They make large projects a lot easier to deal with (near instantaneous search across a large project is a wonderful thing). But you don't need them, especially when you're starting out. My basic principle is, when learning a language, doing stuff that isn't involved in learning that language is, well, not learning the language. It's like the aspiring writer who just needs to find the right laptop, the right software, the right printer / coffeeshop / corner of the house . . . it's all excuses and procrastination, just sit down and write.