Visual Studio 2017 for C++ developers

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23 points·LyalinDotCom··7 comments

I first used Visual Studio for C++ in 2007. Although I'm not a C++ developer currently, I remember vividly trying to find an alternative to VS after switching from Windows to Linux. I never found an IDE that came close in comparison.

I can recommend Clion from Jetbrains. I am very happy with it. Although you have to be ready to drink the cmake kool aid. (I am using it on OSX, not Linux. When I edit something on a server I use vim + cmake + ninja build.)

https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/

There used to be one called Visual SlickEdit that was a good IDE that ran on Linux. My ex-Microsoft friend, who had recently switched from Windows to Linux, was a big proponent of it.

edit: Looks like it is still around!

https://www.slickedit.com/trial/slickedit

I've been pretty happy with Qt Creator. It's faster than CLion anyway.

I do appreciate the interest shown to C++ by Microsoft. I love using VS2013 for non-visual C++ work. If I could ask for an extra piece of candy, however.

I really need a visual editor much like C++ Builder/Delphi and how it uses their custom "VCL" WinAPI wrapper. That would make my life so much easier. Put the "Visual" back in visual. Thank you and I will continue to enjoy Visual Studio.

C++17 conformance is still lacking:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/visual-cpp-language-con...

Come on, Microsoft...

This version does not provide an ISO. However, they support creating your own like so:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create...

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