IDE recommendation to program in C/C++ in Linux?

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Hello Friends

I’ve read this post in the same network

I always admire that spark about to “learn” something, in this case c++

Just being curious: What IDE do you have in mind to work with C++?

I know that Eclipse IDE has an edition for c/c++ but perhaps you have other recommendation

Thank You

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My preference would be to not use any IDE.
It is a distraction, concentrate on the programming.

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I am agree until some point. Yes, I’ve read your same thought in the other post. But always is wise have the tool in hand. Just in case

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Man, I’m glad you knew what he meant by IDE. Only IDE I knew was the old HDD type connector.

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There is a difference between learning and production programming.
I think learning needs a simple environment, but if you are an experienced programmer working on a large development job, yes it helps to use more complex tools.
For example, version control ( eg git, cvs, etc) is vital for a large programming effort, but is useless for learning a language.

The Julia language has its own builtin IDE. In my opinion it makes Julia very difficult for beginners. I battle with it.

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Hello Neville

There is a difference between learning and production programming.

Yes, agree

I think learning needs a simple environment

Agree, a simple editor is enough, but colors always helps to understand blocks. I hope you see my point

but if you are an experienced programmer working on a large development job, yes it helps to use more complex tools.

Absolutely agree

For example, version control ( eg git, cvs, etc) is vital for a large programming effort, but is useless for learning a language.

Now I see your point about that

The Julia language has its own builtin IDE. In my opinion it makes Julia very difficult for beginners. I battle with it.

Interesting. I’ve never heard about that. I will do a quick research

:handshake:

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I played with Julia a bit but just used VS Code.

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You avoided the dreaded REPL?
We need to get a serious start with Julia. Need to find a project.

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That’s the thing, isn’t it? I don’t have a real use for it. Anything that’s real I end up using Python. There are tons of libraries available for most any use that comes up.

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Basically what @pdecker wrote - VS Code - direct from Microsoft…

It will probably do syntax highlighting (I’m sure “vi / vim” would too! Maybe any modern decent text editor will - does nano do syntax highlighting?).

I’ve no idea how you submit your C/C++ code in your IDE to your compiler though - last time I used an IDE was Borland Turbo Pascal - and you could test your code from the IDE…

Or you could always grab the OSS version of VS Code “vscodium” which is also available more widely than “VS Code” (e.g. they have armhf and arm64 binaries for e.g. Raspberry Pi).

If was going to do any development these days e.g. GoLang, Python, or something - I’d probably just use vi / vim…

I vaguely recall using “vi” to edit C source and make files many years ago - i.e. not my own code, but some OSS C I’d grabbed from somewhere and needed to compile… Just as easy to save your file in “vi / vim” - then make from the source…

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Looks like it does.

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My feeling too.
Original vi does not highlight, vim does.
I dont need highlighting… grew up without it .

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Well, I’m looking for an IDE to make things less cumbersome to me.

Currently I’m using the nano text editor (which sucks) + cli to get stuff done, but I do love my buttons.

Any IDE suggestions? At Learn C++ they recommend code::blocks, but when I look at the reviews it appears to crash at random sometimes (not something I want my IDE to do). VS Code is out of the question for me, as to get that a functional enough as and IDE will turn it into a memory consuming monster. Is GNOME’s Builder good enough for C++, or do I need to look at something else?

EDIT: No, GNOME builder is ugly, demanding, and incomplete… perhaps I’m not an IDE guy at all.

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Hi Manuel,
In my opinion, you should choose the IDE you feel best at programming with.

VSCodium (is Microsoft’s VSCode without telemetry) is an IDE you should test.

Another IDE that should be tested is Neovim, which is much more difficult to learn, but you could start with the Kickstart.nvim installation, to understand how to configure Neovim with plugins and later install LazyVim.
Please note that working with Neivim is not easy for those who have never worked with vi/vim before.

You can also try Lapce and Lite-XL

Jorge

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Python, Julia, and R programmers seem to use jupyter
There are apparently some additions which make it work for C++

I have no idea what jupyter notebook is like as an editor

You can make emacs editor behave like an IDE, and also neovim as @Tech_JA has already pointed out.
I personally would use makefiles and vi, and maybe gdb.

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I have not used it, but I hear good things about Sublime Text.

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I’m currently checking it out… looks nice, but there’s a lot to learn.

EDIT: I’m sticking with Sublime Text. It’s responsive, configurable and is not “in your face” with incessant demands.

What are some good ST packages for C++?

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I used to feel that way too - hated syntax highlight in a shell script in vi / vim - but now? I can’t live without it…

Sometimes on a fresh install of Debian - “vi” doesn’t run vim with syntax highlighting - so it’s a quick “sudo apt install vim”…

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There is a thing called “tiny-vim”. If you set that in update-alternatives you get vi without highlighting.
I think Debian installs may default to that

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