Linux Development IDE

AutoDMC · Post by **AutoDMC** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:48 pm

Howdy!

After having to completely remake my computer after The Big Windows Crash Of Doom, I decided that Linux couldn't cause any more trouble than Windows did, so I went and downloaded Gentoo Linux.

Now I'm in Linux... and I'm looking for a C++ Development "Solution."

I've emerged Kdevelop, but havn't really had enough time to play.

The question is, for anybody who (1) develops on Linux and (2) works with Irrlicht on Linux... what is your Development "Solution."

Do you use Kdevelop? Do you use some other IDE? Wine+Visual Studio (joke)? Or do you hand-code all the make files and do it like it's 1979? I want something that I can use to develop with Irrlicht.

Any suggestions?

Conquistador · Post by **Conquistador** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:12 pm

I think Code::Blocks has a linux port, it's a very solid IDE, and compatible with Irrlicht. http://www.codeblocks.org

zenaku · Post by **zenaku** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:32 pm

http://www.kdevelop.org/
http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/
http://www.codeblocks.org/
http://www.bloodshed.net/
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

After all that said, I still like to use http://www.vim.org/ and hack Makefiles like it's 1979. IMO becoming proficient with vi and make is well worth the learning curve.

AFAIK Codeblocks and Dev-C++ (bloodshed) already have some kind of Irrlicht support.

Andreas · Post by **Andreas** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:55 am

Just a personal experience:

I use Eclipse with the CDT (C/C++ support) and Subclipse (subversion support) plugins. I used KDevelop before (and liked it), but i didn't want to emerge all those KDE libraries only for an IDE.
I handle makefiles myself, but CDT has a "managed makfile" option...

Here is a short tutorial from me about configuring Eclipse for irrlicht:
http://www.sensobots.de/Documentation/T ... linux.html

There are two more tutorials about Eclipse+Irrlicht, you should search the forums...

good luck and have fun,
andreas

P.S.: If you try eclipse, i got the best results by installing the plugins from within eclipse and NOT using the ebuilds.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:24 pm

i use:
gnome-terminal
gedit

i tried all that IDE´s for linux but i think they are all stupid (bloated, slow, create a lot of stupid files)

everything you need is a text editor (can open multiple files) and the terminal to type "make" and "./yourapp"

roninmagus · Post by **roninmagus** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:24 pm

I use linux almost exclusively. Notice the _almost_. That's because I do the brunt of my development on Windows using Visual Studio. I cannot find an IDE on Linux to suit my needs.

I've tried the Code::Blocks port for linux, it was awful. And I'm a Code::Blocks fan! My major concern was that the fonts were all messed up, which is probably no fault of the Code::Blocks people. But I still came away disappointed.

KDevelop. Way too complicated for simple development. Way.

So when I do develop on linux, I use, of all things.. Kate! It's not an IDE by any means, but it is a nice syntax-highlighting text editor with some great features. When it comes time to compile I just use it's built-in virtual terminal to execute my makefile.

linuxuser · Post by **linuxuser** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:05 am

Use gedit/kate/vIM with your terminal. It beats the heck out of any IDE.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:03 am

use SciTE, trust me, use SciTE

Killingsworth · Post by **Killingsworth** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:09 pm

I've used anjuta, and found it suited my needs well. KDev is just to damn complicated. But hey, I still love good o' Vi(m)

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