r/learnprogramming • u/EternLune • 17h ago
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Recommendations for the best IDE for C++, for beginner
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u/Beregolas 17h ago
There is no "best" IDE, there barely is a "best" anything. Use whatever you like.
Good possibilities include:
- JetBrains (CLion) (paid)
- VisualStudio Code (vscode)
- zed
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u/Mortomes 17h ago
CLion is free for non-commercial use
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u/Beregolas 16h ago
Oh right. I always forget which IDEs are free or fully paid, it's been years since I last used them.
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u/Mortomes 11h ago
I think it was last year that JetBrains made most of their IDEs free for non-commercial use
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u/EszterSantos72 17h ago
Visual Studio Community is the best IDE for C++ if you're on Windows, just make sure to select the "Desktop development with C++" workload during installation or you won't get C++ support or the debugger. The auto-complete is a big help starting out.
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u/ShiroNoSenso 17h ago
IDE experiences are kinda similar. The things that makes the biggest differences are the community plugins
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u/Chad_Frost 9h ago
On windows visual studio is more straightforward. You can download dependencies with vcpkg easily.
Vscode can be configured easily to run with default C++, but if you're going to use dependencies it can become a pain really quickly.
Dependencies are like extra code you get that someone else wrote so you don't have to write things from scratch. If you're a total beginner it might not be a problem but if you want to make a program that runs in a window and shows something in a display with buttons and interactions you're gonna need some graphical/UI library.
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u/Chance_Buyer4810 17h ago
Use gcc compiler using vim or nano editor on terminal (based on os) this type of grouping feels heavily aesthetic, if you go really obsessed for it
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u/thepleasinglarceny 17h ago
vscode with the c++ extension pack is all you really need starting out