I was just wondering, from those of you who code in C++ etc. What IDE's do you guys use and what libraries, I want to try allegro but I can't seem to get it set up properly :\. SDL seems alright but I'd like to know which you think is better.
on windows i use Dev-Cpp. you can download, install, and use various libraries directly from the ide's update system, including allegro, allegrogl, etc.
you can also download visual c++ 2008 express from http://www.msdn2.com for free. but allegro and other libraries are a bitch to get working correctly. use dev-cpp for ease of use.
on linux i just use the Kate text editor and g++ to compile from the konsole. Kate has color coded text for various coding languages including c++ html java etc. allegro in g++ has problems with sound playback if midi support is installed correctly. i still havent gotten sound to work yet in my allegro programs on linux.
I'm not very fluent >_> I'm trying to pick the best setup before I really lock myself into learning properly (I know basics etc though). Well I did everything I thought I was supposed to with Allegro and Dev-C++ but when I try to compile I get this error:
Originally Said By Dev-C++ C:\Dev-Cpp\proj\ALLEGRO\Makefile.win [Build Error] [main.o] Error 1
And under output:
Originally Said By Dev-C++ Executing make...
make.exe -f "C:\Dev-Cpp\proj\ALLEGRODAMMIT\Makefile.win" all
g++.exe -c main.cpp -o main.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/include" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/mingw32" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include"
The system cannot find the path specified.
make.exe: *** [main.o] Error 1
Execution terminated
I hate being n00by but I honestly don't know what to do :S.
if youre using allegro dev-cpp is the way to go tho.
a note on allegro tho: if you have any warnings in your code, allegro may randomly crash while running applications.
oh and markno2. i posted 2 links to where you can download an ide for c++ programming. theres literally tons tho. and a lot are free (does not make them good tho).
Hmm I used the dev-pack but I've run into this before... I'll try that out cecil but even when I'm building something without any libraries Dev throws that error :\.
hmm well i wouldnt worry trying it if it throws that at you whenever you build. it probably has something to do with g++.
did you install dev-cpp with mingw? on that dl page theres 3 downloads. the first one is what you want. if thats the one you downloaded, try a fresh install. after that, i cant help. maybe googling for forum answers.
hmm. if you havent gone into the configuration settings yet that might be a good place to look. maybe its pointing things to the wrong places. bad path names, etc.
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