Re: Free C++compilers for a classroom
* john:
Hi, is there any suggestion for free compiler/IDE under Windows for
teaching C++ in a classroom?
I am thinking Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2 on top of mingw version 3.4.5, I have also
downloaded cygwin, but I want a user friendly IDE for Windows with an
uptodate C++ compatible compiler.
Check out the CodeBlocks IDE for g++ (you might also think about the
Eclipse IDE with C++ add-on, but based on checking it out a few years
ago, and reports here in clc++ about difficulties, perhaps ungood).
I didn't know we're up to MingW 3.4.5, I guess it's time to update from
3.4.4.
Anyway, the Rolls Royce free environment is Microsoft's Visual Express
with Visual C++ 8.0. Not that I use it myself, I'm happy with Visual
Studio.NET 2003, and as regards the IDE, was even happier with DevStudio
6.0 (at least it did what you /told/ it to)... I'm guessing that if you
don't choose that, your students will anyway, and then will complain
about the primitive not-so-shiny thing they're forced to use in classes;
in particular, student will appreciate the wondrous state-of-ze-art
simply the bestest debugger, assuming it's part of the free version.
Cheers, & hth.,
- Alf
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