Question

I am new (in a way) to C++ programming. I would like to start doing development in Linux using C and/or C++ as programming languages. I have done some development for a while in Java.

Unfortunately I am not sure where to start. Can you point me to some good resources, and also give me an outline as to what would be the primary difference between C and C++ in Windows and Linux?

Any special steps I need to do to get started? Also any good IDEs. I plan to use Eclipse currently. I am using Kubuntu (version 9.x).

Answer 1

It is good that you are using a Linux platform as it will help you to program as per the C and C++ standards.

I would recommend

vi/vim –> text editor

gcc         –> C compiler

g++         –> C++ compiler

gdb         –> Command line debugger

ddd         –> GUI debugger

I use the above mentioned tools. If you are hell-bent on IDEs, you can use the ones mentioned by Chen Levy