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    Arrow Your C++ IDE

    Please tell me the best one you think. C++ IDE that you love.

    And occasionally its features.

    Thanks in advance.
    Just GET it OFF out my mind!!

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    Visual Studio 2008...
    If you can get it I don't think you can really top it.

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    Notepad++ on Windows, gedit on Linux, gcc/gdb/gprof/make on the command line.

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    for windows, I like Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, but for any other platform, NetBeans really does it for me.

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    Awesome! Ok, anything else?
    Just GET it OFF out my mind!!

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    Besides Visual Studio, I use the cross platform Code::Blocks, and a lightweight IDE named Geany functions as my normal text editor, though I also use Notepad++.

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    Code::Blocks, Dev-Cpp on Windows. On Linux, I stick to Kwrite+gcc.
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    Visual Studio because it features all that features I need, and some other useful tools, too. Plus it has a debugger, all in one package. Very handy.
    It's also the only IDE and debugger that I'm familiar with.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Code::Blocks for larger things, wxDev-Cpp for smaller things (particularly single-file programs). Also Notepad++ (just viewing things and other languages).
    I might be wrong.

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    Funny enough I tried Visual Studio 2003 recently and I reckon that 6.0 was better. A good example was just trying to open a text file for reference, in 6.0 this would open the built-in text editor, whereas in 2003 it ShellExecutes instead (bringing up Notepad). If I wanted that I would've used the Run dialog.

    But yeah, VS all the way.

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    Strange. At least 2008 doesn't do that. Or at least VS doesn't do it for ME.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    In Windows I use Visual Studio and for plain text editing I use notepad++.

    In Linux I just use vim and gcc.

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    Visual Studio on Windows and Eclipse on Linux.
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    jEdit is my absolute favourite for any language, although I occasionaly use Visual Studio if I'm working on Windows

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    Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. 2003 is old, clunky, and intellisense and the function browser are 50% functional at best.

    For Windows based development I don't think you can top Visual Studio 2008. To be fair it's not because Borland cannot make a better IDE but because they have chosen not to. And with as many years as they have been off the scene they would have a tremendous amount of 'catch-up' to do to match MSVS.

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