C++ Mac

[Lukee]

Hey guys,

My semester ended yesterday so I’m looking to get started with C++ on my mac. I’ve been reading some old threads here and it seems people recommend the following three options:
1. Virtual machines like parallels
2. Xcode
3. CLion

I’m a complete newbie to this stuff so if somebody could help me understand the pros and cons to each I’d appreciate it

 

[MichaelLewis]

Hey guys,

My semester ended yesterday so I’m looking to get started with C++ on my mac. I’ve been reading some old threads here and it seems people recommend the following three options:
1. Virtual machines like parallels
2. Xcode
3. CLion

I’m a complete newbie to this stuff so if somebody could help me understand the pros and cons to each I’d appreciate it

CLion. It’s the best IDE if you ask me and it’s pretty smooth for the majority of this course.

Definitely not Xcode.

 

[latus_rectum]

I also recommend CLion. Any ide coming from jetBrains is exceptional - whether it's intellij, pycharm or clion.

 

[MikeLawrence]

Do yourself a favor and use VS Code - nothing else will be comparable for the C++ course if that is your plan.

You'll run into issues during the course, if you're using Visual Studio then you can use the information of those that came before you. Otherwise you're going to have a real headache at times.

That said, my compsci friends do use CLion and love it. I personally quite like VS, but I haven't used any others.

 

[MichaelLewis]

Do yourself a favor and use VS Code - nothing else will be comparable for the C++ course if that is your plan.

You'll run into issues during the course, if you're using Visual Studio then you can use the information of those that came before you. Otherwise you're going to have a real headache at times.

That said, my compsci friends do use CLion and love it. I personally quite like VS, but I haven't used any others.

Not entirely true. There are no issues using CLion for every part of both the intro and advanced course except for the excel interop and the only “problem” there is that you’re interacting with source code provided in VSCode.