List of Integrated Development Environments

From WxWiki

Below is a list of all IDEs that have been known to work with wxWidgets. Please keep discussion of the various IDEs listed here on the discussion page. See the Tools page for other RAD tools (XRC editors, dialog designers, etc) that don't have support for building/compiling.

Contents 1 Cross-platform 2 Windows Only 3 Mac OS Only 4 Linux Only 5 External Links

[edit] Cross-platform

Chinook	Built with, and supports wxWidgets. Runs on BSD, Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
Code::Blocks	An open-source cross-platform C/C++ IDE written in wxWidgets. Its pluggable architecture enables it to be extended easily by the use of external plugins (most of its functionality is provided by plugins). Supported compilers are GNU GCC, MS Visual C++ Free Toolkit 2003, Digital Mars, and Borland C++ Compiler 5.5. wxSmith - A wxWidgets RAD plugin for Code::Blocks currently under heavy development.
CodeLite	Open-source, cross platform (Windows, Linux & Mac OS) C/C++ IDE written with wxWidgets and released under the GPL license. Features context sensitive help, auto-completion, refactoring, and a full debugging GUI. CodeLite is based on plugins so it can be extended very easily.
DialogBlocks	Commercial dialog editor for wxWidgets from Anthemion Software Ltd. written by wxWidgets developer Julian Smart. Besides being a RAD tool with C++ and XRC support, it also supports most common compilers and can generate makefiles and MSVC project files.
Eclipse with its CDT	(C/C++ Development Tools) project (see the C/C++ development with the Eclipse Platform article at developerWorks).
NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack	Sun's answer to eclipse. Open-Source (CDDL). Supports at least GNU GCC and suncc (Sun Studio Compiler).
wxHatch	IDE and RAD tool written in wxWidgets.
MinGW Developer Studio	IDE for Linux and MinGW ports of the GNU GCC compiler.
SPE (Stani's Python Editor)	Python IDE with wxGlade integrated, and Blender support.

These IDEs are still under active development.

• wxWorkshop - IDE for wxWidgets in pre-alpha, expected to be retooled and released by 2009/2010. See website for more details.

These IDEs are no longer under active development.

• CodeDragon - IDE for wxWidgets in pre-alpha.

[edit] Windows Only

Borland C++ Builder	Borland's commercial IDE wxForms - Proprietary RAD plugin for Borland / Code Gear C++ Builder. $30-$50 single-user license. Works with the free C++ Builder 6.0 Personal Edition.
Dev-C++	Free IDE that works well with wxWidgets and MinGW. wxDev-C++ - Extension for Dev-C++ with built-in form designer for wxWidgets.
Microsoft Visual C++	Microsoft's Visual C++ (some editions are free) Some tips & tricks for MS Visual Studio (6 and .NET) from wxVisualSetup which can help fix autocomplete problems with wxWidgets. Unofficial project wizards: internal wizards: wxWinWizard, wxWinWizDotNet, wxVCExpressIntegration, wxVisualIntegration external: wxWiz wxVS2008Integration - Proprietary wxWidgets Project wizard and Plugin for Visual Studio.NET 2008.
VisualWX	Freeware IDE and RAD tool with support for MinGW, C++, wxPython, wxPerl, wxRuby, and wxLua.
Zeus

[edit] Mac OS Only

Xcode

Apple's official IDE for Mac OS X.

[edit] Linux Only

Anjuta	Open-source IDE built on GTK.
CodeForge	Proprietary IDE, $295 for commercial use, $95 for private use.
KDevelop	Open-source IDE built on Qt.

[edit] External Links

• Wikipedia's list of IDEs
• IDEs for Linux - Rick Moen's list of Linux IDEs.
• TextEditors - List of text editors, some of which have IDE like power.