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I currently use VS 2010 Express for my C++ IDE needs, but have found that its error messages are way too complicated and hard to understand.
Does anyone know of a friendlier windows-compatible C++ IDE with easy-to-understand error messages?
Firstly error messages in C++ are just plain bad there is little they can do about it especially without concepts in the languages. (Although not expanding typedef would certainly help)
Next it isn’t IDE that is responsible for the error messages but the compiler. Unfortunately for C++ on windows you really don’t have many options without using miniGW or similar.
You can use the Intel compiler with the non commercial license for free (or pay for the commercial version). I have found it’s error message but be ‘basic’ (as in vague) but that is often better than being overwhelmed.
The Intel compiler can be used with Visual Studio IDE.
MiniGW provides a unix like environment for windows this allows you to use gcc and clang. GCC errors are quite similar in complexity to MSVC. Clang however has made the most progress. However you are on your own for getting these to work with an IDE. Although you should be able to get it to work with Eclipse CDT.