So, I have been mostly self thaught programmer (C++), as its a big part of my job (not a regular developer). But so far I have been using a simple text editor like Geany to code and I compile stuff either in terminal (linux) or produce my own make file.

I am starting to wonder if I should switch to a full IDE, as I am on linux, I was thinking of trying KDevelop. But I am simply not sure if its worth, do I even need it?

I have never used an IDE, it seems kind of complicated for the start with “projects” and I havent really found any good introductions to how this workflow is supposed to work.

Do you think using and IDE is something everyone should use? Or do you think a text editor with producing your own make files should be enough?

  • @green_pyroxene
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    12 years ago

    if you’re on Linux, have you checked out this gdb GUI frontend? i’m at best a novice c/c++ programmer but it’s worked alright for me so far.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      I’ll look into it, thanks. Does it include a separate GDB console? It can be kinda useful for more exotic stuff

      • @green_pyroxene
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        12 years ago

        it has an input box for manually entering GDB commands, yes.