Why not 10? To keep you comin’ back for more!Here are 7 great (not necessarily cross-platform) tools that will make you a better C++ developer.1. Visual Studio Express Edition
No, you can’t use Dev-C++. No, you can’t use Code::Blocks. I don’t care how much your mother likes them. And I really don’t care how much you hate Microsoft. Simply put, Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition is the best free IDE on the block. It’s polished, it’s clean, it’s got the best debugging environment of any IDE, and it works. Not to mention the massive community of users and support personnel that form a huge fluffy help cushion, should you ever need it. And if you’re a student, it’s even better. Through the Dreamspark program, you have free access not only to the Professional edition of Visual Studio, but also to about fifteen other programs that Microsoft offers to students on the house. Not bad for a profit-mongering ogre. 2. Macros
Wikipedia defines a macro as “a set of instructions that is represented in an abbreviated format.” I prefer to think of them as magical shortcuts of awesomeness.You know how when your computer freezes and you pound CTRL+ALT+DELETE 53 times, the task manager sometimes shows up? That’s a macro. And, through the Visual Studio macros IDE, you can make your own macros that work in the Visual Studio development environment. 3. The SC++L
I promise I didn’t just make that acronym up. It stands for Standard C++ Library, and it’s extraordinarily useful.Of course, most of you already know about SC++L. vectors and strings are covered in introductory C++ courses, and some of you might even be familiar with some of the functions in <algorithm>. But the SC++L is a big place. Read more: Virtual Reality
No, you can’t use Dev-C++. No, you can’t use Code::Blocks. I don’t care how much your mother likes them. And I really don’t care how much you hate Microsoft. Simply put, Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition is the best free IDE on the block. It’s polished, it’s clean, it’s got the best debugging environment of any IDE, and it works. Not to mention the massive community of users and support personnel that form a huge fluffy help cushion, should you ever need it. And if you’re a student, it’s even better. Through the Dreamspark program, you have free access not only to the Professional edition of Visual Studio, but also to about fifteen other programs that Microsoft offers to students on the house. Not bad for a profit-mongering ogre. 2. Macros
Wikipedia defines a macro as “a set of instructions that is represented in an abbreviated format.” I prefer to think of them as magical shortcuts of awesomeness.You know how when your computer freezes and you pound CTRL+ALT+DELETE 53 times, the task manager sometimes shows up? That’s a macro. And, through the Visual Studio macros IDE, you can make your own macros that work in the Visual Studio development environment. 3. The SC++L
I promise I didn’t just make that acronym up. It stands for Standard C++ Library, and it’s extraordinarily useful.Of course, most of you already know about SC++L. vectors and strings are covered in introductory C++ courses, and some of you might even be familiar with some of the functions in <algorithm>. But the SC++L is a big place. Read more: Virtual Reality
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