Qt Creator
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- quite beginner-friendly
- very responsive UI
- has a VIM emulation mode (could be better, but it works)
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JetBrains CLion
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- lots of features; highly customizable UI
- uses CMake as project model, however recent versions can also use traditional Makefiles
- has a VIM emulation mode (could be better, but it works)
- can be a bit slow for very large projects
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Only newer versions of the compiler are largely conforming to the
modern ISO C++ standard(s). |
Eclipse CDT
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- good static analysis & linting
- supports several project build models: fully managed, Makefile-based, …
- setup of compilers can be a bit confusing to beginners
- great VIM emulation with
Vrapper plugin
- can be a bit slow for very large projects
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Apple XCode
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Android Studio
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based on JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA which is also the base of CLion |
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the free community edition includes
a (very) small business commercial license |
Cevelop
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- Eclipse-based IDE
- some unique features regarding static analysis and refactoring,
like e.g., visualizing template instantiationsA
- can be a bit slow for very large projects
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Kdevelop
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OS X version is experimental |
Oracle Developer Studio
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CodeLite
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CodeBlocks
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OS X version is outdated |
