Kdevelop

[wezhira]

I'm doing a beginners course too programming and Well the language is C++ the ide provided was dev . But i'm trying too avoid window's at all cost's so i've been using g++ and everything going ok i was just curious as too How too compile these small program's with kdevelop . Has anybody used it Thanx

 

[Paul_S]

The easier way to get going is to use the Hello World C++ Wizard in KDevelop.
KDevelop will then set up the whole project environment for you.

KDevelop mainly uses the very complex Autoconf/Automake setup but you can configure it to use an external "make manager" like qmake or just a plain Makefile.
KDevelop 4 is going to support CMake (Cross Platform Make from kitware) which will be a bit change from the current Autoconf/Automake setup.

There are other alternatives like IBM's Eclipse and Komodo.

However if you really only want to learn the C++ language and you're not trying to write some complex GUI application then doing every thing by hand in a text editor is very beneficial.
That way you learn how Makefiles work and how the development tools actually work by manually compiling and linking, etc.
Far too often beginners are taught how to "code" in development IDEs and then when the application doesn't want to link or some obscure error occurs they can't figure out how to solve the problem because they're lacking the "behind the scenes" knowledge.