Favorite IDE?

[S6k9GNh0]

Ease of use, portability, effecient design? That's the whole point of wrapping a low-level API...

[blackcoder41]

I wonder what happens when Microsoft develop a linux/mac wrapper that has exactly the same signature as the WINAPI.. Well of course that might not be possible because of some design issues or things like.. Just a weird vision of mine.

[1yR4jE8b]

Ease of use and efficient design have nothing to do with the toolkit used, and are subjective and dependant on the programmer and techniques applied. Personally, I find wrapping C functions in C++ classes just pointless, and I have always prefered just using C bindings instead of wasting my time writing pointless classes for everything.

And some people just don't give a crap about portability. I'm currently in the process of writing cross-platform software for a work contract, and it's the most aggravating sh*t ever even with a cross-platform toolkit. If I had the choice to write only for Windows, I would.

[chrisname]

I tend to write code that works on Linux and then rely on MinGW or Cygwin for Windows. I check that MinGW has all the header files I used.

[1yR4jE8b]

I write for Windows first, I find it easier to port to Linux/Mac from Windows much easier than the opposite.

[z05DSL3A]

I'm not that big a fan of cross platform UI toolkits. I usually end up having more work to do, especially if you want to do something that is not in the toolkit.

[S6k9GNh0]

I never said that they are easy to make. That doesn't mean they contribute to having slow execution speed or bloat.

EDIT: I use cross-platform libraries such as Boost. If I need platform specific function, I have two separate files and then figure out which to use at compile time.

[Troy]

I use Visual Studio 2010 Professional. I have a MSDN subscription so I get all that stuff for free. If I'm on another computer I typically run devC++ off a flash drive or something.

[Catfish]

Dev-C++. Because if I can't accomplish something it's either my own fault, or C++'s. The IDE is innocent.

[z05DSL3A]

Dev-C++ is a pile of buggy crap, I'd rather work on a CLI than use that.

[Catfish]

Sure it is. Where's Albatross when you need him.

[Galik]

I use eclipse ( http://eclipse.org ).

I have tried, from time to time, other IDE's (on Linux) but nothing works as well for me. It is a little complex to configure at times, but that is probably because I'm often too eager to read the manual.

Functionally it is great.

[1yR4jE8b]

You really can't do much better than Visual Studio or Eclipse.

[dams]

XCode.
Great Code Completion.
Lot's of features, SVN, CVS, debugging tools.........

[ultifinitus]

XCode's Debugger sucks.

[1yR4jE8b]

Well, pretty much every debugger sucks compared to Visual Studio's ;)

[xander333]

C::B's one is pretty neat.

[ultifinitus]

@Darkest: Hey how well does VS's debugger handle multithreaded programs?