I am pretty much new to using Linux (I finaly have a video card that has a xserver for it so forgive me if I say something stupid.

I want to start writing programs for Linux and I dont feel like learning how to create MAKE files and figure out all the switches to gcc. Any recomendations on an IDE for Linux development?? I am using RedHat 5.2 and KDE.

I did a quick search on freshmeat.net looking for a high quality free IDE but didn't come across anything that caught my eye.

If I cant find anything good could someone please tell me if the Linux version of CodeWarrior is worth the $70, this seems kind of high as I bought VC++ for $99 that included an IDE.

I also had one other question about developing xwindow apps. If I create an app that runs under KDE will it work under other window managers?? I ask this because Ive heard that KDE uses a differnt library (qt) that others. Is there a standard xwindows library that i could use that would work under all window managers?

Thanks for any help!

It''s not an IDE, but have you looked at Glade? glade.pn.org Glade is a REALLY nice GUI builder. You do the point & click thing to create app interfaces, select your language you want to generate it in (C, C++, Perl, ADA, Eiffel) and it auto-generates source code, and the makefiles for it. It''s really nice, and easy to use (Of course this is more for making apps, rather than gaming kind of things).

A good c++ development environment is Kdeveloper. I don''t know of a good C-specific IDE. My suggestion for debugger would have to go with DDD. DDD is the best debugger I have ever used on any platform.

As always, take a spin around freshmeat.net and see if you can find anything like an IDE you might like, I know there are several.


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