Is Netbeans a good IDE for C/C++ nowadays?

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I searching for and IDE that gives me a (mostly) uniform experience on Linux/Windows and C/C++ and Java. I'm somewhat comfortable with using Netbeans on Windows and I'd like to know what to expect of it on C. I heard the Visual Studio debugger is quite good on C, does this extend to Mono? Is it really more powerful than the one on Netbeans?

Yeah, I searched. The past topics don't address my questions. Specifically about C/C++. Thanks. — andandandand, Jun 30 '09 at 22:09

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '09 at 21:18

I've been using NetBeans for C++ development on Linux for the last month or two and love it. I'm working on an large code base 1+million lines of code. As long as your project references appropriately, I've found that NetBeans will provide "intellisense" information with hardly any issues. Now, it's not perfect, and is definitely not as good as Java, but I've not found a better alternative. NetBeans debugger, which is a front-end to gdb, works well also. Much easier, and in my experience more stable than DDD. I've not tried Mono projects using NetBeans so I can't speak to that.

This link explains how to setup a C++ project in NetBeans and may shed more light on the subject for you. This is for NetBeans 6.7 NetBeans C/C++.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '09 at 21:23

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Eclipse CDT is quite usable as well

answered Jun 30 '09 at 21:23

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '17 at 14:33

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you can use codeblocks it is also a well and exceptionally good for c/c++.

answered Jun 19 '17 at 14:33

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 30 '17 at 08:18

I don't think so, since it consumes extreme amounts of memory and can hog your CPU completely if you have a lot of projects open. It actually uses every bit of CPU it can if it feels for it, and it does so for a long time, rendering the whole application useless. This is of course completely unacceptable for a modern UI application. It also feels kind of sluggish.

Because of this I switched to Visual Studio Code for Linux. It's not a full blown IDE but I don't need that anyways. I'm not in the "flow" of it yet, but I think it has potential.

pedrofernandes · Answer 5 · 2009-07-01T09:09:15.190

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The problem of VS C++ is don't have intellisense. Netbeans C++ is a good product. But i suggest DevC++ editor, its free and come with lot of pluggins and intellisense.

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DevC++ is buggy and no longer under active development. – Jun 30 '09 at 21:15
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DevC++ is dead. Code::Blocks is the new DevC++ – Jorge Zuanon Jun 30 '09 at 21:15
"The problem of VS C++ is don't have intellisense". You're saying visual studio doesn't have intellisense? that's simply not true *shakes head* – rfcoder89 Jul 09 '15 at 09:52
I don't know other releases but in VC++ 2012 intellisense not exists for unmanaged code. I need instal VS2010 to get this. – pedrofernandes Jul 10 '15 at 10:11

Is Netbeans a good IDE for C/C++ nowadays?

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