FreeBSD C/C++ Development Environment

[Matthias Trevarthan]

Howdy.

I'm a Windows C/C++ DirectX developer turned FreeBSD systems administrator.

What is the standard development environment on FreeBSD systems for C/C++?

Does everyone really just use a Makefile, and editor like VIM, and a
command-line compiler? Or is that just the distributed format, and everyone
uses something else to actually write/debug their code?

You'll have to forgive my ignorance. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio
for the last 6 years.

Thanks!

Matthias


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[Fernando Gleiser]

Post by Matthias Trevarthan
Howdy.
I'm a Windows C/C++ DirectX developer turned FreeBSD systems administrator.
What is the standard development environment on FreeBSD systems for C/C++?
Does everyone really just use a Makefile, and editor like VIM, and a
command-line compiler? Or is that just the distributed format, and everyone
uses something else to actually write/debug their code?

I use an editor, {gcc,perl,whatever}, make and ddd for debugging. That's
one of the best things abount un*x: you have a lot of tools to choose from,
just pick one that fills your needs.

There are some IDEs, but I haven't tried them.

Besides, using standard tools (like make) helps with portability. In windows,
maybe that's not an issue, but when you want your code to compile and run
on BSD *and* Linux *and* solaris and other unix flavors it helps to use
standard tools and interfaces.



Fer

Post by Matthias Trevarthan
You'll have to forgive my ignorance. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio
for the last 6 years.
Thanks!
Matthias
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[John Bleichert]

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:30:41 -0400
Subject: FreeBSD C/C++ Development Environment
Howdy.
I'm a Windows C/C++ DirectX developer turned FreeBSD systems administrator.
What is the standard development environment on FreeBSD systems for C/C++?
Does everyone really just use a Makefile, and editor like VIM, and a
command-line compiler? Or is that just the distributed format, and everyone
uses something else to actually write/debug their code?
You'll have to forgive my ignorance. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio
for the last 6 years.
Thanks!
Matthias

If you like a full IDE like Visual Studio, check out KDevelop. A slimmer
but function-rich C/C++ editor is Code Crusader. I prefer Nedit. And yes,
Make and makefiles are the way to go. There are many front-ends to the
command line compilers (KDevelop and Code Crusader both provide compile
buttons) but they all use the command line stuff behind the scenes.

All those editors and many more are in the ports collection. I used VS for
a few years, I used Code Crusader for quite a while when I switched to
*nix, and I now prefer Nedit as it's useful for many, many languages. vi
and emacs are fine too, but I prefer a graphical editor. I use vi
constantly on remote boxes.

HTH - JB

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[John Bleichert]

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:36:59 -0400 (EDT)

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:30:41 -0400
Howdy.
I'm a Windows C/C++ DirectX developer turned FreeBSD systems administrator.
What is the standard development environment on FreeBSD systems for C/C++?
Does everyone really just use a Makefile, and editor like VIM, and a
command-line compiler? Or is that just the distributed format, and everyone
uses something else to actually write/debug their code?
You'll have to forgive my ignorance. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio
for the last 6 years.
Thanks!
Matthias

If you like a full IDE like Visual Studio, check out KDevelop. A slimmer
but function-rich C/C++ editor is Code Crusader. I prefer Nedit. And yes,
Make and makefiles are the way to go. There are many front-ends to the
command line compilers (KDevelop and Code Crusader both provide compile
buttons) but they all use the command line stuff behind the scenes.
All those editors and many more are in the ports collection. I used VS for
a few years, I used Code Crusader for quite a while when I switched to
*nix, and I now prefer Nedit as it's useful for many, many languages. vi
and emacs are fine too, but I prefer a graphical editor. I use vi
constantly on remote boxes.

Also, there's Visual Slickedit. It's not even nearly free, but many
people use it at work in Windows, Linux and AIX and it's an excellent,
full-blown IDE.

http://www.slickedit.com/

I still prefer Nedit, but I would have been remiss in my duties if I
didn't point this one out :) Runs on lots of platforms.

JB

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