Xwerty Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Hello, I'm pretty new to C++ and uses Dev C++. My question is: Are there any "proffesionals" or at least not beginners using this software, or are you stuck with MS Visual Studio? or maybe another one. Witch one do you prefer and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hani Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 VS 2008 Express Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ehlo Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 From what I've seen Dev C++ is a bit outdated. There are many other C++ IDEs available aside from VS/DevC++. Code::Blocks, Eclipse, Netbeans and many others! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chester0 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 +1 Code::Blocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ViZioN Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I quite like Code::Blocks if I'm using an IDE. VC++ is also pretty good, and they're both free :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Xwerty Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Thanks for the answers :) I will test Code::Blocks and see if I will get fashioned of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 petrossa Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Hello,I'm pretty new to C++ and uses Dev C++. My question is: Are there any "proffesionals" or at least not beginners using this software, or are you stuck with MS Visual Studio? or maybe another one. Witch one do you prefer and why? If you want to work as a professional employed programmer not having VS in your luggage is going to count against you. As an environment it's clumsy and geeky. Not exactly a RAD environment. Also MS interpretation of C++ is very bloated. You'll get RSI writing stuff. For real easy RAD nothing beats Codegear, so if you want to do this on a personal basis i'd use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andre S. Veteran Posted October 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) If you want to work as a professional employed programmer not having VS in your luggage is going to count against you.As an environment it's clumsy and geeky. Not exactly a RAD environment. Also MS interpretation of C++ is very bloated. You'll get RSI writing stuff. For real easy RAD nothing beats Codegear, so if you want to do this on a personal basis i'd use that. But Codegear's C++Builder starts at... 900$, and has no free version other than a 30-day trial.On the other hand, Visual C++ Express is free, has the best debugger of the industry, and is by far the most widely used IDE professionally, so it looks good in a resume. Maybe it doesn't have the nicest visual GUI builder, but in any case, why would you choose C++ for RAD of a graphical application? Code::Blocks is nice, but VS is superior in pretty much every way. The last time I tested Code::Blocks, I couldn't even expand an STL container during debug to see what was in it. Also, project management was quite clumsy. Edited October 19, 2009 by Dr_Asik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 svnO.o Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Visual Studio and Code::Blocks are my top recommendations for Windows programming, though I used to use Dev C++ several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hello,
I'm pretty new to C++ and uses Dev C++.
My question is:
Are there any "proffesionals" or at least not beginners using this software, or are you stuck with MS Visual Studio? or maybe another one.
Witch one do you prefer and why?
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