Subj : Favorite *nix IDE
To   : All
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Jan 22 2010 15:14:00

So, for a poll, if you've done any significant software development in a
*nix-style platform, have you used an IDE?  And if so, what is your favorite
IDE and why?

I once had a software development job at a company that used Linux, and I ended
up just using vi to write code and made use of gcc, g++, and gdb from the
command prompt.  I tried using KDevelop, but it didn't really seem to offer
much of a better development experience.  I know there are other IDEs available
for Linux too (Eclipse, MonoDevelop, etc.) and am curious what other people
have used. In Windows, I typically use Microsoft Visual Studio, and I think it
provides great features for software development (good debugging functionality,
IntelliSense, etc.).  Apple's XCode seems fairly good too.  I haven't yet used
anything in Linux that I think compares to either of those, although I've heard
that Eclipse is fairly good.

One thing that frustrated me a little about Linux IDEs (and Linux tools in
general) is the philosophy of making use of other software that already exists.
That means that the things that suck about other software will still be there
in other software that uses it.  For instance, for debugging apps in Linux, I
started to use DDD, but DDD is simply just a GUI wrapper for gdb, so what
bugged me about gdb also bugged me in DDD; I felt that DDD was only marginally
better.

Nightfox

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