Thread: What IDE do yo use?

I use Code::Blocks. I used to use Dev-C++, but I got irritated by the buggy code completion.

http://bouml.free.fr/

This tool is what I do most of the design and code generation in.

Eclipse. I'm a Java man, although I hear it handles other languages admirably, too. It's a heavyweight though, very resource intensive (on a 512MB system anyhow).

No, not really. You have to load a whole ton of crap to get it to do any other language well. I tried to get it to do C once, I just couldn't.

used to use Code::Blocks
but now gedit with half-a-dozen plugins

Just realised what gedit was. It's my modest "text editor". I have noticed it does highlighting, though.

the power is in the plugins
http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins

seriously, while it is "just a text editor"
it ain't half flexible

I've gone through several IDEs, Code::Blocks being my most favoured, but gedit is surprisingly efficient to use

*edit*
What is an IDE anyway, but a glorified text editor

I wouldn't consider gedit an IDE.

I'm pretty solid with just a good ol' Vim

Originally Posted by Replicon

I'm pretty solid with just a good ol' Vim

Yeah I'm surprised Vim/Emacs isn't included in the poll, if gedit is.

I use Cream a lot, which is Vim with sane keybindings (and no stupid modes).

hey urm not to sound dumb... but what's an IDE? My computers Hard Drive is IDE i think...

Integrated Developer Environment

I thought about adding vim

Originally Posted by cuddleyperson

hey urm not to sound dumb... but what's an IDE?

Integrated Development Environment

idea is to have everything a software writer needs - all in one program
basically consisting of a text editor, compiler and debugger
but most IDEs have lots of extra features besides those 3

Emacs (counting both GNU Emacs and XEmacs) is probably the most popular IDE in existence, so it might be worth including in the poll. I personally use GNU screen with a screen for Vim, a screen for viewing documentation, and a screen for bash (although ksh93 might be slightly better for my needs). I've never seen a more productive IDE than my GNU screen setup, so I voted for other.

If I could get myself to leave Mac OS X on this Macbook, I would install Arch with the ratpoison setup described here. Ratpoison is like screen but for the whole X environment.

never tried emacs
(silly, really - but I've always been a bit intimidated by it)

Me too. But by "intimidated" I mean afraid of getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Vim's modes are easier on my wrists than holding down control and meta and alt and a letter key all at once, and then repeating the process all over again just to move the cursor.