What is the best C IDE on Linux?

[sc30317]

What is the best C IDE on Linux?

Your thoughts?

[meatpan]

You cannot ask or answer this question unless:
o You have an understanding of the type of programming that needs to be accomplished. Is this a small or large project? Do you need packaging support? Will there be gui design? How much (and what kind) of debugging is necessary?
o The programming talent of the user is well understood. Expert programmers will likely use different IDE's than novices.

[sc30317]

I am a novice programmer, and I am programming text based only ansi stuff. We use gcc to compile programs and gdb to debug.

[KoRnholio]

I like KDevelop, its pretty easy to learn. It comes with either its own debugger or a gdb interface (most likely the latter), which helps a lot.

[avik]

Personally, I just use Gedit (and I'm sure Kate on KDE would be good as well). As long as you're making relatively small programs , then that should be enough.

There's Anjuta, but I didn't like the fact that it made me set up a project for everything. For my needs, which I'm guessing would be similar to yours, the extra files created were not worth it. From my experience, that has been the case for many IDEs, which are geared toward huge projects.

As long as you're using CLI tools, makefiles are great, and Gedit (assuming you use GNOME) has the right plugins for many tasks, including a class browser and limited code completion.

For what you described above, that should be good. At least it has been for me.

[mrman208]

hi, i am too wondering what is a good C IDE for Ubuntu.

I am a pretty advanced programmer and am planning a pretty big project. (shh. its a secret ;) )

[cubeist]

There are a ton of "Which IDE" threads on these forums, and a ton of discussions elsewhere on the web:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=IDE+Linux

There is even a comprehensive sticky on the Programming and Development forums which answers all your IDE questions!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1006662

[thesenu]

you can use default gcc
or install netbeans and add the c/c++ plugin
:D

[joshua.rh]

I haven't found anything I like better than geany as of now. You can easily change the compile command (I'm sure you can do this elsewhere, it's just easy in geany). Another thing that's cool about geany is it's fast. You can open a bunch of files, wait a few secs, then search em all quickly. Geany is also stable. I can't recall any problems I've had where I thought afterwards: "well they messed up". The last thing I'll say about geany is it has a clean interface. I turn most everything off, as I just like to get to my work, especially if I'm doing it for a class and won't be working with a team. You can find it at http://geany.org/ . Good luck with you're C programming,

Josh

[user333]

I use code::blocks for c++, but it does c too

[ermalguni]

I am currently using Eclipse CDT.

[marioandres]

I think the best is vim and make from command, with your own makefile.
But if you like use an IDE, i like Eclipse. :)

[km0r3]

i think the best is vim and make from command, with your own makefile.
+1

[CarlosRuiz]

Hi:

For me, the best IDE for Linux is GEANY...

It's very simple and easy to use, and it has a lot of very useful tools for any kind of programmers (novice and seniors)... you can use it for small or big projects... xD

Byeee... :P

[mohitd2000]

I am currently using Eclipse CDT.
+1 I love Eclipse IDE. It tends to my Java, Andriod (ADT), and C/C++ (CDT) needs. Plus, there are hundreds of plugins for Eclipse.

[pconroy]

netbeans and add the c/c++ plugin
:D


that's what I use.

[cupid1102]

I think the best is vim and make from command, with your own makefile.
But if you like use an IDE, i like Eclipse. :)

I have the same ideas with u :lolflag:

[alexmurray]

emacs ftw

[lucasp0927]

IMHO emacs with cedet and ecb is the best IDE

[WitchCraft]

CodeBlocks + wxFormBuilder

[Tom Dignan]

For C? I personally prefer gvim with ctags and a terminal emulator.

[ibuclaw]

Vi... Because everything else is complicated enough... :P

Also, an IDE that crashes is worse at facilitating coding than a piece of paper.

[Tech2077]

I'm surprised it hasn't turned into the usual emacs vs nano vs vim vs gui war. Hands down the best ide for a novice is a mix of vim/nano/emacs/gedit with gcc/makefiles. When you get to over 10 files, then you can move onto ide's like code::blocks, netbeans, or eclipse.

[DJPhilTBCollins]

I haven't found anything I like better than geany as of now. You can easily change the compile command (I'm sure you can do this elsewhere, it's just easy in geany). Another thing that's cool about geany is it's fast. You can open a bunch of files, wait a few secs, then search em all quickly. Geany is also stable. I can't recall any problems I've had where I thought afterwards: "well they messed up". The last thing I'll say about geany is it has a clean interface. I turn most everything off, as I just like to get to my work, especially if I'm doing it for a class and won't be working with a team. You can find it at http://geany.org/ . Good luck with you're C programming,

Josh
I found this thread fairly high up on a google search and I joined up just to say thanks for this. It's just what I was looking for, and I figured I'd take the calculated risk of bumping a dead thread to put some useful info in case others follow the same path I did.
I've just begun to learn C as a first language since C64 basic, and Geany is the perfect step up from gedit and a terminal window. I'd recommend it to anyone who's learning from the very start with pdf files and googling error messages.

Thanks again guys, time to go play with arrays. :)

[ibuclaw]

Oh no he didn't! :evil:

Thank-you everyone for your contributions. If the age of this thread isn't a good indication, I'm putting this discussion to sleep.

Have a nice day.