I want to pick up C/C++ programming (after a gap of many years) for a project. I

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I want to pick up C/C++ programming (after a gap of many years) for a project. I have 3 main objectives....

Be able to use some static libraries (so as to not re-invent the wheel) as part of the application i have to build

Be able to build distributable static libraries

Be able to program comfortably

I'm looking for an IDE which allows me to do (1), (2) and (3) somewhat painlessly on a Windows machine ... and which also has good documentation.

I've looked at other posts and seems like these are some popular options...

Code::Blocks
Visual studio express edition
Dev-C++
Eclipse
Open Watcom
CodeLite

Would be very grateful if some folks can help me along with this with some recommendations and comments!!

Explanation / Answer

Personal opinion I would look at the GCC toolchain for the compiler and Code::Blocks for the IDE - I notice that you do not specify your platform for your target development but assume windows.

Points to consider:
GCC

Free
Stable
Lots of online support
Cross Platform
Supports Cross Compiling
ASNI Compliance is better than VC
Windows versions from MinGW and Cygwin.

Code::Blocks

Free
Lots of online support
Cross Platform
Supports multiple tool chains (including VC)
Starts in less than half the time that VC does
Supports multiple GUI libraries including wxWidgets

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