On 05/03/12 00:11, Mel_3 wrote:
The project will be developed on a Windows machine and it will be the development of a normal Windows GUI type Application. 1 - Which IDE&/or Framework do you guys suggest I start with for a Windows Project? Eclipse, Code Blocks, minGW or what? 1a - Actually that brings up another question... if developing on a Windows machine... must I use the minGW port of VCC? I'm a little confused as I thought there was a version of VCC that would run right on a MS Windows machine... or is that in fact minGW? And, is minGW as developed as VCC? 2 - Do all of these IDE's have debuggers that can set Break Points, create Watches, and have an Immediate Window for evaluating variables or whatever? 3 - Any pro's& con's would be helpful as I hate to get started with one to & find out later I blew days or weeks on the wrong one :) Thanks for the help. I'm excited about working with the GCC compiler.
This mailing list is for gcc, not IDEs or frameworks. gcc is the compiler, and just the compiler - you are looking for an IDE, debugger, gui framework, libraries, etc. These will all use gcc as the compiler - but that is just part of the package (albeit a critical part). You might get a few hints about where to look (such as in this post), but you'll be better off looking and asking elsewhere.
Wikipedia has some lists and comparisons of IDEs and frameworks. A lot of people use Eclipse as a powerful editor - but others find it too big, slow and bulky. There are others that are more geared towards development with particular frameworks (and come with built-in tools for them), and there are some that come with minGW in their windows packages to make life easier for windows users.
I don't know what you mean by "VCC", but there are two main ports of gcc for Windows. One is part of cygwin, which aims to be an as complete as possible posix compatibility layer for windows, and comes with a huge range of Linux-style software. It provides the best compatibility, but can be slow and bulky, and always feels a bit alien in windows. If you feel you need a lot of cygwin, you are probably better off switching to Linux (you won't look back). The other port is minGW, which aims to be more light-weight and is faster and closer to "native" in windows. It works well with the tools from msys.
Any open-source IDE will use gdb as its debugger, but provide a nice gui interface. It will support all the features you are looking for.
mvh., David
