IDE or a set of tools for chess coding

[Look]

Hi,

Which do you prefer , an IDE or a set of tools , for chess coding ?

[smatovic]

Ubuntu Linux with gedit and command line tools, switching to vim still on my list.

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Srdja

[smatovic]

Maybe worth to read:

Which OS do you prefer for development of your engine?
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Srdja

[Look]

I for one use "gnome text editor" (similar to gedit). Also I use clang/gcc compilers for C code. Also gnome terminal is used. I use seergdb for debugging. Also gitg for working with git. Meld for comparing source files.

[chesskobra]

Oh, meld looks nice, I didn't know about it. I don't program chess engines, but for other programming needs I use emacs, old fashioned hand written (and simple) makefiles, gcc, gdb. Never got a hang of diff tools (like ediff in emacs) or other IDEs, but meld looks quite nice for merging features. Are there easy to use IDEs with built in diff tools? Somehow IDEs intimidate me.

[mvanthoor]

I just use VSCode and compile using the Rust compiler on the command-line. (It could be done directly from VSCode if I so wanted to.) VSCode is set up to use GDB as a debugger; so it's half-way between an IDE and a texteditor+tools.

[BeyondCritics]

Becoming familiar with git is mandatory.
As editor VSCode is really all you need to start with. There is even a tutorial.
For the command line i like helix and tmux.

[ehenkes]

For C++ engines I use MS Visual Studio 2022 with clang (LLVM). It works fine.

[JohnWoe]

git is only needed in team. Much easier to store tarballs than mess with git diffs.

I keep it simple. I only use vim for everything. vimdiff for comparing changes. etc

Never liked graphical IDEs. Visual studio, VScode, NetBeans ...

[AndrewGrant]

git is only needed in team. Much easier to store tarballs than mess with git diffs.

That is an insane perspective.