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C++ Developers' IDE Guide

CodeBlocks is an open source, cross-platform C++ IDE. It provides features like text highlighting, code completion, class/method generation, debugging tools, and project management. It supports compilers like GCC and works on Windows and Linux. CodeBlocks uses a cross-platform GUI and stores project information in XML files, allowing for cross-IDE portability. It is well-suited for use with MinGW, the Minimalist GNU for Windows toolchain which provides GNU tools and libraries without requiring Windows-specific DLLs.

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C++ Developers' IDE Guide

CodeBlocks is an open source, cross-platform C++ IDE. It provides features like text highlighting, code completion, class/method generation, debugging tools, and project management. It supports compilers like GCC and works on Windows and Linux. CodeBlocks uses a cross-platform GUI and stores project information in XML files, allowing for cross-IDE portability. It is well-suited for use with MinGW, the Minimalist GNU for Windows toolchain which provides GNU tools and libraries without requiring Windows-specific DLLs.

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CodeBlocks - the open source

cross platform C++ IDE

Julius Parulek
Background
„ What is IDE (Integrated Development
Environment)?
„ A set of tools to develop libraries or
applications (debugger, compiler, linker,
libs, …)
„ A windowed GUI environment for
„ Project(s) management
„ Build settings
„ Comfortable programming
Why to use IDE?

„ Build in text highlighting editors


Why to use IDE?

„ Code completion as you type


Why to use IDE?

„ Automatically create classes, methods,


and properties
Why to use IDE?

„ Browser of namespaces and classes


Why to use IDE?

„ Build in debugging tools


Why to use IDE?

„ Workspace include projects that provide


various build targets
Free C++ IDEs
„ Windows system
„ Visual C++ Toolkit 2003, Dev-C++,
Eclipse, CodeBlocks
„ GNU\Linux system
„ Text: TIA, RHIDE, vi (+gcc)
„ Graphical: Anjuta, jGRASP, CodeForge,
KDevelop, Eclipse, CodeBlocks
Problems with IDEs
„ Individually project files format
„ Information incompatibility
„ Few cross-platform developers
„ Deployment to other IDEs
„ Team projects, project porting
CodeBlocks overview
„ Cross-platform IDE (wxWidgets)
„ Useful set of pluggings (svn, …)
„ Supports many compilers (gcc, MinGW,
MSVC, …)
„ Compiles directly or with makefiles
„ Well written format (XML) of project
(.cbp) and workspace (.workspace) files
Example f3dFormat
„ File - f3dFormat.workspace
„ include 3 projects
Example f3dFormat.cbp
Example f3dFormat.cbp
Output library name
Static library

Produce debug symbols


Additional include directories
Linker option for
target (empty)

Linker option for


the whole project

Project files

Relation to targets
Using GUI
CodeBlocks and MinGW – I.
„ MinGW - Minimalist GNU-Windows
„ GNU toolset (gcc,gdb,…)
„ Collection of freely available standard
headers and libraries (do not require
Windows specific DLLs)
„ CodeBlocks is very suitable tool to work
with MinGW
CodeBlocks and MinGW – II.

Set upping the MinGW


1) Install MinGW
2) Edit settings
in CodeBlocks
CodeBlocks features
„ Import MSVC (*.dsw,*.dsp) and Dev-
C++ files
„ Support custom template projects
„ CodeBlocks creates basic project (.cbp) file
instead of you
„„ CodeBlocks
CodeBlocks
„„ http://www.codeblocks.org/
http://www.codeblocks.org/
„„ MinGW
MinGW
„„ http://www.mingw.org/
http://www.mingw.org/

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