Finally, the Code::Blocks development environments startup window looks like Figure 2.įigure 2: Code::Blocks IDE’s First view Code::Blocks in ActionĪfter you are done with installation and subsequent configuration, it’s time to start coding. It installs like any other typical software. Once you have downloaded the correct package, its installation is quite easy on Windows. Hence, its binaries for Windows, Linux, and Mac platform can be downloaded freely from its official website, Identifying the correct package is the first essential task, because there are couple distinct packages available, leveraging dispersed features for both Windows and Linux platforms.įigure 1: Choosing an installation package InstallationĪs said earlier, Code::Blocks is an open source programming language. Although Code::Blocks is available on the Linux and MAC platforms, this article deals with Code::Blocks for the Windows platform. It supports a variety of compilers, including Microsoft C++, Borland, Intel C++, and GCC. The first stable version 8.02 of Code::Blocks was in 2008. It is an open source, free programming language especially designed for C, C++, and FORTRAN. Hence, Code::Blocks is too leveraging with a smart IDE. Moreover, they are a combination of editor, compiler, and debugger intelligent enough to identify and auto complete syntax and typical keywords.

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Today, we have ‘n’ number of IDEs that convert the routine task of writing thousands of lines of code into a meaningful process.

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