All you really need for C++ is a compiler and a text editor. Likewise for Java you just need the JDK and a text editor.

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Some IDEs are incredibly complex pieces of software that take time to learn. Often for a beginner it is easier to stick with a text editor (Vim, Emacs, BBEdit, Text Wrangler, Textmate are all popular options on the Mac) and the command line as there is less to learn about the tools and you can concentrate on learning the language. Some people though do not agree with this position. If you do decide to go with using IDEs then I would recommend Xcode for C++ development and Netbeans for Java development (yes I know that Netbeans can also be used for C++ but I think Xcode does a better job of it). All you really need for C++ is a compiler and a text editor. Likewise for Java you just need the JDK and a text editor.

Everyone, who wants to develop websites, needs an HTML editor or rather a. The editor window in several fields, good syntax highlighting for 40 programming. Learning to program your Mac is a great idea, and there are plenty of great (and mostly free) resources out there to help you learn coding. Codecademy is one of the most popular places for.

Some IDEs are incredibly complex pieces of software that take time to learn. Often for a beginner it is easier to stick with a text editor (Vim, Emacs, BBEdit, Text Wrangler, Textmate are all popular options on the Mac) and the command line as there is less to learn about the tools and you can concentrate on learning the language.

Some people though do not agree with this position. If you do decide to go with using IDEs then I would recommend Xcode for C++ development and Netbeans for Java development (yes I know that Netbeans can also be used for C++ but I think Xcode does a better job of it). Code: $ gcc test.c $ ls a.out test.c Ok, what is this a.out file? Well, it's GCC's default name for the executable file. Also, the command line we used is quite suboptimal, since it didn't warn us of anything, like the integer variable named i we defined but did not use. Warnings are important since sometimes they can point to runtime bugs (bugs that happen during execution of a program rather than at its compile time).

So let's dig deeper. For GCC, it supports the -o switch to change the name of the output file and it supports the -W flags to set the warning level.

Code: $ gcc -o test -Wall test.c test.c: In function 'main': test.c:6: warning: unused variable 'i' $ ls a.out test test.cAh, now we got an executable named test and the compiler warned us of our unused variable. I could go on with other examples an IDE makes so much simpler, like debugging (learning gdb is quite the feat on its own) using watches and stepping through code and managing breakpoints or just the simple multi-file compilation which is going to result in a lot of typing in commands unless you want to use Makefiles, which requires learning a whole other language to build these Makefiles. I personally learned C using a smallish IDE called Turbo C/C++ by Borland, it ran on DOS. We learned the language, all the intricacies of compiling, linking, the pre-precessor and manually loading an executable into a debugger making sure to have a build with symbols intact, etc. We learned at a high level and only delved into it later when we had written quite a bit of code and learned the language. Most college courses will use an IDE so that students can jump straight to code rather than waste time on cryptic command line syntax flags and learning to make build scripts.

Click to expand.Both are completely independent from Windows or any operating system. When I learned C/C++ and Java it was on Sun Solaris system doing everything via the command line. Just editing text files in a standard editor and running the compiler via the CLI like others have suggested. It lets you focus on learning the language and keeps you from getting confused by the IDE.

An IDE is basically fancy software that lets you build projects. It includes text editors, compilers and many other tools generally used in software development. It makes it easier to develop software but for simple projects (like you'll be doing as a beginner) you might end up spending more time trying to figure out how to use the IDE instead of how to program in whatever language you are using. An example of an IDE is: Xcode on OSX, Visual Studio on Windows, Eclipse on multiple platforms. A lot of times beginners get confused with the language that they're learning and the IDE that they're using to develop their programs with. As others I recommend keeping it simple, write code on a text editor and use the command line to compile/run it. Click to expand.You absolutely don't need Windows to learn C++/Java.