is there a visual C++ for linux

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if so, where can i get it???

I want, I want....

and (pls don't flame me) is it similar to MS?

not saying it has to be but the learning curve could be a little leaner if it is... thanks in advance... ;)

[Dark Ninja]

The Visual Studios package was not created for Linux (as far as I know). However, this doesn't matter. With the awesome programming capabilities Linux carries with it, you can find/do anything and everything with Linux. Head to www.tucows.com (http://www.tucows.com) or any other site which carries nice text editors and download it. That way, you'll be able to nicely format your text when you are typing up code. (There's a nice one for X that can do Perl, C, C++, etc, etc - can't remember the name right now.) Then, just compile using good ol' gcc. It's as easy as that. And still a hell'uva lot more powerful.


Dark Ninja
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[brasso]

How about some of the geeks here expand on that answer? 'Visual' Studio was 'visual' because it allowed you to employ MFC, canned classes to exploit Windows functions in the Windows (GUI) API. Or issue API function calls from your program for that matter.

I'm a long ways from messing with Linux programming. I'm only an amateur programmer anyway, in Windows. I only dabble at being a system administrator on my RH7, and haven't even tried any scripts yet. Let's hope they're more straight-forward than the Windows Scripting Host.

My understanding right now is that there is NO IDE available for Linux programming? You have to compile and link from the cli? You MUST be able to make calls to the GUI functions in the libraries, right? To make Gnome display a DialogBox and a 'message loop' like in Windows?

If I was going to struggle with this stuff, I'd start haunting the appropriate newsgroups and the programming forum here, but has anyone got some quick and dirty answers?
Earl

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yea, now that i think about it... (not that i know a lot or anything about it... but seems like it might be desktop dependant... is that true?

but then again how do others program gui apps for linux?

man, this is getting even more confusing...

ps, if you are good at c++ but don't know squat about unix/linux, can you even attempt command line c++??? seems like I would be getting in over my head unless i just wanted to make the "hello world" proggie :D

[pbharris]

xwpe, kdevelop, i think IBM and borland have ports of thier tools. cygnus... there are many excellent IDEs out there for linux. of course VIM is all you really need :)

[sans-hubris]

You misinformed miscreants, there are IDEs (in a sense, they still use gcc, but it's all done in the backgroung) and visual programming interfaces for Linux, well actually for UNIX, but since Linux a clone of UNIX, blah blah blah, you get the idea.

One of the places I can point you to is KDevelop (http://www.kdevelop.org), my personal favorite. The only down side is that it looks a lot like MSVC++, or maybe that's not such a bad thing. The other is Glade (http://glade.pn.org) for GTK+ and Gnome. I played with it a little, but I still like KDevelop more. There are many more, and I would like to point all of you to Freshmeat.net (http://freshmeat.net) where you can find them.

Damnit pbharris, you beat me to the post, but yeah, if you asked me personally, I'd say the only dev. kit you need is VIM.

[ 02 May 2001: Message edited by: ndogg.cpp ]

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ok, going to get kdevelop...

one thing... can i develop for gnome ect, or just kde?

also, did my own research... in borland kylix any good?
http://www.borland.com/kylix/

sounds good... not sure it is free anywhere...

btw, thanks a TON!!! now i can try my hand at linux programming... yippee... (if only i had a life ... )

:(

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ok, never mind... kylix is only a THOUSAND dollars :rolleyes:

[pbharris]

only $1000.00??? where's my checkbook....
hey ndogg - next time i will be sure to make sure YOU get the vim plug first!

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ndogg.cpp


kdevelop is awesome... so is their website... thanks man, honestly... this is going to be so fun!!!