Re: What are your C++ tools for development?
On 14.10.14 16.30, Robert Hutchings wrote:
Do you use an IDE like Code::Blocks or Eclipse?
My personal favorite is CDT. It is free and quite good with respect to
code completion and refactoring. OK, working with the Linux kernel
source tree is a bit slow.
Or just Emacs or
vi/gcc/g++ on Linux/UNIX?
vi - urgh, only in the thread of force. It might be powerful from the
functional point of view but the user interface is from the seventies.
What about testing and debugging? Favorite tools?
Well, debugging depends on the target platform. The best debugger is the
one available on your platform.
And testing is for milksops. :-) Kidding aside, it really depends on the
kind of tests. Can your code operate isolated? Do you need a well
defined DB setup? Do you intend to test the UI? And so on. But most
companies do not want to spent the additional money/effort for automated
testing the first time. They rather spend the money every time for non
automated tests. ;-)
Marcel
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