4 Best IDEs for C/C++ Programming or Source Code Editors on Linux #10

 4 Best IDEs for C/C++ Programming or Source Code Editors on Linux

C++, an extension of well known C language, is an excellent, powerful and general purpose programming language that offers modern and generic programming features for developing large-scale applications ranging from video games, search engines, other computer software to operating systems.
C++ is highly reliable and also enables low-level memory manipulation for more advanced programming requirements.
There are several text editors out there that programmers can use to write C/C++ code, but IDE have come up to offer comprehensive facilities and components for easy and ideal programming.
In this article, we shall look at some of the best IDE’s you can find on the Linux platform for C++ or any other programming.

1. Netbeans for C/C++ Development

C++, an extension of well known C language, is an excellent, powerful and general purpose programming language that offers modern and generic programming features for developing large-scale applications ranging from video games, search engines, other computer software to operating systems.
C++ is highly reliable and also enables low-level memory manipulation for more advanced programming requirements.

Best Linux IDE Editors or Source Code Editors

There are several text editors out there that programmers can use to write C/C++ code, but IDE have come up to offer comprehensive facilities and components for easy and ideal programming.
In this article, we shall look at some of the best IDE’s you can find on the Linux platform for C++ or any other programming.

1. Netbeans for C/C++ Development

Netbeans is a free, open-source and popular cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and many other programming languages. Its fully extensible using community developed plugins. It includes project types and templates for C/C++ and you can build applications using static and dynamic libraries. Additionally, you can reuse existing code to create your projects, and also use drag and drop feature to import binary files into it to build applications from the ground.
Let us look at some of its features:

1. The C/C++ editor is well integrated with multi-session GNU GDB debugger tool.
2. Support for code assistance
3. C++11 support
4. Create and run C/C++ tests from within
5. Qt toolkit support
6. Support for automatic packaging of compiled application into .tar, .zip and many more archive files
7. Support for multiple compilers such as GNU, Clang/LLVM, Cygwin, Oracle Solaris Studio and MinGW
8. Support for remote development
9. File navigation
10. Source inspection
    Visit Homepage: https://netbeans.org/features/cpp/index.html
    

    2. Code::Blocks

    Code::Blocks is a free, highly extensible and configurable, cross-platform C++ IDE built to offer users the most demanded and ideal features. It delivers a consistent user interface and feel.
    And most importantly, you can extend its functionality by using plugins developed by users, some of the plugins are part of Code::Blocks release and many are not, written by individual users not part of the Code::Block development team.
    Its features are categorized into compiler, debugger and interface features and these include:
    
11. Multiple compiler support including GCC, clang, Borland C++ 5.5, digital mars plus many more
12. Very fast, no need for makefiles
13. Multi-target projects
14. Workspace that supports combining of projects
15. Interfaces GNU GDB
16. Support for full breakpoints including code breakpoints, data breakpoints, breakpoint conditions plus many more
    display local functions symbols and arguments
17. custom memory dump and syntax highlighting
18. Customizable and extensible interface plus many more other features including those added through user built plugins.Visit Homepage: http://www.codeblocks.org
    
    

    3. Eclipse CDT(C/C++ Development Tooling)

    Eclipse is a well known open-source, cross-platform IDE in the programming arena. It offers users a great GUI with support for drag and drop functionality for easy arrangement of interface elements.
    The Eclipse CDT is a project based on the primary Eclipse platform and it provides a full functional C/C++ IDE with following features:
    
19. Supports project creation
20. Managed build for various toolchains
21. Standard make build
22. Source navigation
23. Several knowledge tools such as call graph, type hierarchy, in-built browser, macro definition browser
24. Code editor with support for syntax highlighting
25. Support for folding and hyperlink navigation
26. Source code refactoring plus code generation
27. Tools for visual debugging such as memory, registers
28. Disassembly viewers and many more.Visit Homepage: http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
    

    4. CodeLite IDE

    CodeLite is also a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE designed and built specifically for C/C++, JavaScript (Node.js) and PHP programming.
    Some of its main features include:
    
29. Code completion, and it offers two code completion engines
30. Supports several compilers including GCC, clang/VC++
31. Displays errors as code glossary
32. Clickable errors via build tab
33. Support for LLDB next generation debugger
34. GDB support
35. Support for refactoring
36. Code navigation
37. Remote development using built-in SFTP
38. Source control plugins
39. RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool for developing wxWidgets-based apps plus many more features

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