[TriLUG] Best IDE and version control for C and C++?

Fri Jun 2 22:28:07 EDT 2017

I am coming from visual studio 2015 (version 14).  In the past I just used
vi and the command line build chain.  I am hoping for better now.

I would like it to be C/C++ aware, in other words do the indents and
bracket alignments (custom, I like brackets on individual lines and case
statements to have the case and breaks aligned one tab in from the
brackets).  Colors for key words is nice, but not necessary.  I find myself
fighting auto-complete as often as I find it helpful.  Does not have to tie
to unit testing.  I really want it tied to the build tools and debugger.
Tied to the coverage tool would be nice (insure++ from Parasoft is my
leading candidate for coverage and memory testing, but that is not set in
stone).  I doubt that other developers will work on the code for the next
year or three.

Thanks,
Charles Fischer

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

>
> On 06/02/2017 09:21 PM, Ken M via TriLUG wrote:
> > My default answer for all programming languages is emacs. After that
> > there is always code::blocks
>
> Pfff... y'all are a bunch of amateurs: https://xkcd.com/378 (*)
>
> But seriously now though:
> - What do you need from your IDE?
> - Do you want it to be specific to C++ or do you want to be able to use
> it as well for (future) components that are written in other languages?
> - Do you just want color-coding?
> - Do you want auto-complete and how intelligent do you want that to be?
> - What about refactoring or built-in integration with unit testing?
> - Do you want it to tie in with your build system and/or your code
> coverage solution?
> - Do you want to be able to commit from within the IDE or are external
> tools fine?
> - You're the only dev right now, but will there be more in the future?
> - etc...
> There's a bunch of questions that will guide you towards the solution
> that is right for you...
>
> From personal experience: I'll go right ahead and recommend Eclipse CDT
> for C++ work.
> I've been working in Eclipse for C++ development for a couple of years
> now (set up with a couple of extensions to maximize my productivity). It
> is/can be a bloated piece of work, but then again, unused RAM is wasted
> RAM, amirite?
>
> For source code control, I use Mercurial
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial) on command line as well as
> through TortoiseHg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TortoiseHg). I like to
> think of it as the user-friendly version of Git that gets out of my face
> when I'm doing stuff.
> I'm sure there is an Eclipse extension for it; I also do know that there
> is a git extension (called EGit) for Eclipse.
> The downside of picking Mercurial is that you'll need to jump through a
> couple of hoops if you want to abuse and negate your nice distributed
> source code control system into a centralized one by using GitHub
> (sorry, I got distracted for a moment there, where was I...?)
> Basically, anything that is a distributed source code control system
> will work pretty well: git, mercurial, bazaar, ... take your pick, but
> pick mercurial, seriously though... pick mercurial, you'll thank me later!
>
> If all else fails, you can abandon Linux and install this operating
> system called Emacs. I hear it comes with a relatively ok editor... ;)
>
> For those recommending VSCode or Atom, it's been a while since I've
> looked at them but do they have refactoring or auto-complete yet for C++
> or are they still mostly/only for building websites/doing javascript?
> What about proper build integration? Can I create a (C++) project and
> set specific build options yet? If so, which extensions would I need.
> I'm not trying to be facetious, just genuinely curious.
>
> (*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_wars
>
> >> On Jun 2, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Mike Perry via TriLUG
> >> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> NetBeans and Eclipse are decent choices. At work I've been using
> >> Atom lately. I tend to bounce around a bit just to see different
> >> things.
> >>
> >> Even though it's not open source, I'm a big fan of Visual Studio
> >> Code to be honest. It's free and pretty powerful.
> >> https://code.visualstudio.com/ It's also available on most flavors
> >> of Linux.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Charles Fischer via TriLUG <
> >> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have been away from Linux software development for too long.
> >>> Much too long.  So what is considered the best open source IDE
> >>> and version control system (integrated?) for C and C++
> >>> development?
> >>>
> >>> Information about the environment and the software being
> >>> developed:  1) I am the only developer.  2) The software will be
> >>> GPL licensed, not sure which version at this time.
> >>>
> >>> Related question, what open source archival software do people
> >>> like?
>
>
>
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