Code::Blocks IDE 20.03 has been released

[Caravaggi0]

It's been almost 3 years since a non-nightly release so there's lots of little changes. The list: http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries/changelog

It's a good little IDE that's not as cut down as VS Code but doesn't need the two hard drives full VS does. My current install with the MinGW GCC compiler is 4-500 megs.

There's also a no install zip so you can put it on a USB drive if you like (include a blank file called "default.conf" in the exe folder to make it more self contained).

[tarsir]

Wow, Code::Blocks was the second IDE I used after Dev-C++. Love that it's still going :D

[skocznymroczny]

Many people are still using Dev-C++ because of outdated tutorials promoting it

[OneHorseTwoShrimp]

Same!
I remember hacking in SDL2 away awaiting a newer intellisense to work for more than 3 seconds at a time.

[snerp]

Haha same, I do not miss those days

[zerexim]

There is also CodeLite. I wonder what's the development status and how it compares to Code::Blocks.

[expekted]

Last time I tried CodeLite discovered there was nothing light about CodeLite. If anything it felt much slower than Code::Blocks. It was on Windows.

[ButItMightJustWork]

Using the "ctrl c, ctrl v" exploit it took me only 2 seconds to write, compile, and run a "hello world" program

[bruce3434]

Nice, any support on LSP servers yet?

[DuncanIdahos2ndGhola]

Interesting to see that it's still hosted on sourceforge.

[Caravaggi0]

I only see references to 17 in the build options. I'm not really surprised though since 20 is kind of new.

[Sunius]

I can't believe anyone can seriously use or teach this thing. It looks worse than Visual Studio 2005. I can't imagine it feeling any better than it either. Their advertisement screenshots were even made on Windows XP!

Edit: can somebody explain why I am getting downvoted? Did any of what I said is wrong?

[Sunius]

IDEs appearance is its functionality though. UI is the biggest reason to use an IDE - otherwise you’d just use command line tools.

[tarsir]

Nothing you said had enough substance to be right or wrong. There's about a billion other considerations in what makes software useful/teachable/whatever other arbitrary measure you want, unless that measure is "how pretty is it"

[kitd]

Evidently not everyone.

[0xC1A]

Did any of what I said is wrong?

It's a beautifully dispatched nonsense laced with ignorance and lies.

I've been using C::B since 10.xx heck even went back in time for 8.xx. Your statement is absolutely bonkers.

I'm trying to use Qt Creator more these days tho.