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for C/C++ on Windows, I recommend DevC++[1] (it also runs on linux too, but apt-get install [ide of choice] would also work there.) It's bundled with the Mingw
by tehwalrus 13y ago
for C/C++ on Windows, I recommend DevC++[1] (it also runs on linux too, but apt-get install [ide of choice] would also work there.)
It's bundled with the Mingw compiler, and basically works as you mention out of the box. I was delighted when I found it, a few years ago when my main systems were windows.
[1] http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
- ANTSANTS 13y agoCode::Blocks is probably a better choice for that. DevC++ is very outdated: the bundled version of GCC is 3.4.2, released in 2006.
- gamegoblin 13y agoCode::Blocks is precisely what I get all newbies to download for exactly this reason. It's just download and run. It is as close to what I refer to as "just download C++". And it's a decent minimal IDE to boot.
- EliRivers 13y agoDev-C++, or at least the version of it you get at that particular website, is a terrible choice. [1][2][3][4] [1] http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/36896/ http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/36896/ [2] http://clicktobegin.net/programming/why-you-shouldnt-use-dev-c/ http://clicktobegin.net/programming/why-you-shouldnt-use-dev... [3] http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/cpp/threads/370755/so-whats-wrong-with-dev-c-all-of-a-sudden http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/cpp/threads/3707... [4] http://blog.vucica.net/2011/01/reasons-against-advising-beginners-to-use-dev-c-in-2011.html http://blog.vucica.net/2011/01/reasons-against-advising-begi...