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Yes I cannot wait. I recently started trying to learn some basic C/C++. My usual initial step in setting up an environment for a new language is to google "int

Yes I cannot wait. I recently started trying to learn some basic C/C++. My usual initial step in setting up an environment for a new language is to google "intellij plugin for X", so I was very disappointed to find that C/C++ is very poorly supported with respect to most other mainstream languages. I ended up having to go with Visual Studio, which is also impressive, but there are features I miss coming from the Jetbrains world.

creatio 13y ago
Why not try QtCreator then? It comes with GCC 4.8.1 for MinGW on windows if I'm not mistaken.
cmircea 13y ago
To be fair few IDEs support advanced functionality (like refactoring) with C++, due to the monstrosity that it is and the amount of UB. Visual Studio + ReSharper is awesome for C#, IntelliJ is awesome for Java. For C++ you're pretty much screwed.
- alco 13y ago
  Clang is destined to change that. http://clang.llvm.org/features.html#applications http://clang.llvm.org/features.html#applications
- polskibus 13y ago
  Have you tried VisualAssist plugin for C++ ? I really liked it, it had many "resharpery" features when I was using it (around 2 years ago).
tseabrooks 13y ago
Using C++ professionally for a while now (College, grad school, embedded sw) the best two complete IDEs I've found are SlickEdit (Cross platform) and Visual studio. If you've not tried SlickEdit I definitely suggest it (They have a trial). Additionally, they have an interesting blog post here describing whether they are an IDE or editor here: http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/08/editor-or-ide/ http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/08/editor-or-ide/ tl;dr SlickEdit has no built in compiler or debugger. It's other IDE level support is fantastic though and it was perfect for embedded development work where you're building from the command line (Which you can connect to the SlickEdit Project) and debugging using GDB.

creatio 13y ago

Why not try QtCreator then? It comes with GCC 4.8.1 for MinGW on windows if I'm not mistaken.

cmircea 13y ago

To be fair few IDEs support advanced functionality (like refactoring) with C++, due to the monstrosity that it is and the amount of UB. Visual Studio + ReSharper is awesome for C#, IntelliJ is awesome for Java. For C++ you're pretty much screwed.

alco 13y ago
Clang is destined to change that. http://clang.llvm.org/features.html#applications http://clang.llvm.org/features.html#applications
polskibus 13y ago
Have you tried VisualAssist plugin for C++ ? I really liked it, it had many "resharpery" features when I was using it (around 2 years ago).

tseabrooks 13y ago

Using C++ professionally for a while now (College, grad school, embedded sw) the best two complete IDEs I've found are SlickEdit (Cross platform) and Visual studio. If you've not tried SlickEdit I definitely suggest it (They have a trial). Additionally, they have an interesting blog post here describing whether they are an IDE or editor here: http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/08/editor-or-ide/ http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/08/editor-or-ide/ tl;dr SlickEdit has no built in compiler or debugger. It's other IDE level support is fantastic though and it was perfect for embedded development work where you're building from the command line (Which you can connect to the SlickEdit Project) and debugging using GDB.