Which IDE is the best?
Posted on:March 06 2014
I'm currently updating and rebuilding a few libraries I wrote years ago, and my software and even software of some of my customers is depending on. To ensure the widest possible compatibility, I'm using for that a quite range of IDEs: Visual Studio 6, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013, Code::Blocks, XCode 2, 3, 4, 5 and even raw make files. It's not that easy, because not every IDE works on every operating system anymore. But my experience so far is this, surprisingly:
Visual Studio 6 is still the best and fastest of all of those. In my opinion. It gets its job done, it has a clean user interface without all the clutter, and it is incredible fast. Don't get me wrong, I really like Visual Studio 2012 - some its new features are impressive - but an IDE which simply gets out of the way, lets me do my job, and doesn't require tons of memory just to start up - like Visual Studio 6 - is also a very nice-to-have.
Visual Studio 6 is still the best and fastest of all of those. In my opinion. It gets its job done, it has a clean user interface without all the clutter, and it is incredible fast. Don't get me wrong, I really like Visual Studio 2012 - some its new features are impressive - but an IDE which simply gets out of the way, lets me do my job, and doesn't require tons of memory just to start up - like Visual Studio 6 - is also a very nice-to-have.
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Compared to Eclipse all of these are lightning fast...
xaos
Quote2014-03-07 08:44:00
Wait... there are still people using VS 6? I thought it didn't even run on Windows >= Vista.
Anyway, with this set of choices I'd go with plain make files. Different strokes for different folks.
Anyway, with this set of choices I'd go with plain make files. Different strokes for different folks.
Michi
Quote2014-03-07 12:40:00
VS 6 is fast an lean. Nevertheless it's a pain in the *ss when it comes to modern C++, for example when using Boost libs.
I see the benefits of VS 6. Yet I'm wondering when you'll drop the support for it. Coding becomes so much more fun when legacy issues fade away. :)
I see the benefits of VS 6. Yet I'm wondering when you'll drop the support for it. Coding becomes so much more fun when legacy issues fade away. :)
hermitC
Quote2014-03-07 13:53:00
Personally, I dropped support for it, but some customers still use it, apparently.. :)
niko
Quote2014-03-09 08:34:00
It needs some setup, but best 'let-me-do-my-job' ide is sublime :)
Text editor at first glance, IDE after configuring it. Though, not as hard as vim - it even is with a GUI ;)
Though, going that way will require custom build files like e.g. makefile's.
Text editor at first glance, IDE after configuring it. Though, not as hard as vim - it even is with a GUI ;)
Though, going that way will require custom build files like e.g. makefile's.
matthias
Quote2014-03-10 16:24:00
QtCreator is good too.
siavashserver
Quote2014-03-28 12:06:00
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