Tips for speeding up development

[djcredo]

Hi everybody,

I'm traditionaly a Java programmer, but I want to get into C++ for use
with OpenGL. I'm perfectly happy with C++ language constructs, and have
no problem working with it.

However, I find I code so much slower with C++ because of all the extra
bulk. Eg, I hate having to switch between the header and source files
for a class every time I want to add / remove / change-name-of a member
variable / function. Things like having to define and declare static
member variables. Silly things along those lines that just take a lot
of time. I also find I can very easily get bogged down with having too
many files around.

Is there any tool / IDE / tips for c++ development that can make my
life easier? Eclipse has good refactoring features for Java, but not
for c++. I'm working with XCode and to be honest, I'm really not
enjoying the process.

Thanks.

 

[Joe Van Dyk]

Hi everybody,

I'm traditionaly a Java programmer, but I want to get into C++ for use
with OpenGL. I'm perfectly happy with C++ language constructs, and have
no problem working with it.

However, I find I code so much slower with C++ because of all the extra
bulk. Eg, I hate having to switch between the header and source files
for a class every time I want to add / remove / change-name-of a member
variable / function. Things like having to define and declare static
member variables. Silly things along those lines that just take a lot
of time. I also find I can very easily get bogged down with having too
many files around.

Is there any tool / IDE / tips for c++ development that can make my
life easier? Eclipse has good refactoring features for Java, but not
for c++. I'm working with XCode and to be honest, I'm really not
enjoying the process.

Thanks.

Perhaps I don't work on large enough C++ projects, but vim (with
occasional use of ctags) works fine for me.

Joe

 

[Yang Jiao]

Maybe u should try out slickedit.
And Notepad++ is sth really wonderful in windows platform as a freeware.
Also comes the Dev-C++, which is using mingw.

 

[Phlip]

Is there any tool / IDE / tips for c++ development that can make my
life easier? Eclipse has good refactoring features for Java, but not
for c++. I'm working with XCode and to be honest, I'm really not
enjoying the process.

Man, that Eclipse _almost_ makes Java worthwhile, huh?

To ease your transition to a harder language (and help you learn how it
makes many coding tasks easier) download an Eclipse plug-in that edits C++.

 

[Larry I Smith]

Hi everybody,

I'm traditionaly a Java programmer, but I want to get into C++ for use
with OpenGL. I'm perfectly happy with C++ language constructs, and have
no problem working with it.

However, I find I code so much slower with C++ because of all the extra
bulk. Eg, I hate having to switch between the header and source files
for a class every time I want to add / remove / change-name-of a member
variable / function. Things like having to define and declare static
member variables. Silly things along those lines that just take a lot
of time. I also find I can very easily get bogged down with having too
many files around.

Is there any tool / IDE / tips for c++ development that can make my
life easier? Eclipse has good refactoring features for Java, but not
for c++. I'm working with XCode and to be honest, I'm really not
enjoying the process.

Thanks.

Well.... if you are on Linux, you can install/use KDevelop.
It comes with most distro's, but can be freely downloaded
if it's not on your distro's CD's.

It is a GUI IDE for C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Python, Java, etc.

Visit the web site to look at the "Screenshots" and scan
the docs to decide if it might help you:

http://www.kdevelop.org/

Regards,
Larry

 

[EventHelix.com]

I'm traditionaly a Java programmer, but I want to get into C++ for use

with OpenGL. I'm perfectly happy with C++ language constructs, and have
no problem working with it.

However, I find I code so much slower with C++ because of all the extra
bulk. Eg, I hate having to switch between the header and source files
for a class every time I want to add / remove / change-name-of a member
variable / function. Things like having to define and declare static
member variables. Silly things along those lines that just take a lot
of time. I also find I can very easily get bogged down with having too
many files around.

Is there any tool / IDE / tips for c++ development that can make my
life easier? Eclipse has good refactoring features for Java, but not
for c++. I'm working with XCode and to be honest, I'm really not
enjoying the process.

Try the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. It has an excellent IDE and
it's free.

 

[djcredo]

Thanks guys. Anything for Mac while you're at it?

 

[Fei Liu]

Thanks guys. Anything for Mac while you're at it?

poor bastard...

 

[InTheWind]

you can use Visaul Studio and a plug-in called Visual Assistant