CodeLite IDE

Today I was looking at the Wikipedia page for the GCC compiler & I noticed there was a section listing the different IDE's you can use with it. Most of them I'd already used such as Dev-C++ & Code::Blocks but I noticed one which I hadn't seen before called CodeLite.

I've spent the past few hours using it & have found it to be quite useful, it's a lot like Code::blocks but a bit simpler to use.

Aptana IDE

Aptana is an IDE used primarily for developing Ruby on Rails applications but it can be used just for creating simple sites using HTML & CSS. It can also be installed as an Eclipse plugin.

Getting Started with RadRails from Aptana, Inc. on Vimeo.

Creating a DevPak

Here are some Websites which will show you how to create a DevPak.

• Rules for creating a DevPak, here.
• Creating a DevPak for wxDev-C++, here.
• How to create a DevPak for Dev-C++, here.
  

Eric Python IDE

Interesting thread here on the Ubuntu forum about different IDEs for Python. I'd never heard of Eric before so I thought I'd install it in Windows. Building & Installation was successful but I recommend looking at the list of prerequisites before trying yourself, to minimize any possible errors.

Free Pascal New Version Released

You can view the changes in the new version here & download it from here.

If you are taking a look at Free Pascal 2.2.4 you might also want to take a look at the Lazarus IDE too.

NetBeans & JOGL

I've just downloaded the Java SE version of the NetBeans IDE from here & I also downloaded the JOGL plugin from here. The plugin comes with a lot of example programs such as those from the OpenGL redbook & several interesting examples showing you how to embed OpenGL Graphics in a form.

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JCreator Java IDE

JCreator is a lightweight IDE for Java programming, I used to use it a lot before I got a new computer that was powerful enough to run Eclipse & NetBeans. I've recently started using it again & have found it quite useful; tedious tasks such as creating .jar files & javadoc can easily be automated & it's very fast & responsive. If you're going to download, I would suggest you get the JCreator LE version.

Visual Basic 10

Recently I discovered this post over at Channel 9 where you can see a video of Visual Basic 10 in action. I recommend you download the high-quality WMV video from here as it will show you the code being entered into the IDE. Apparently Microsoft have added a lot of new features to VBX from other languages such as Python & Lisp. I'll list some of the new features here...

• Auto-Properties
• Multiline Lambdas
• Statement Lambdas
• Collection Initializers
• Array Literals
• Implicit Line Continuation
• Generic Variance

JCreator LE for Windows

If you need a lightweight Java code editor (IDE) to develop your Java programs in, I suggest downloading JCreator LE from here. It's still completely free to use with no time restriction.

MinGW32 Download

I recently uninstalled the Code::Blocks IDE & decided to go back to writing my programs in notepad & compiling from the command line or using Makefiles.

I had difficulty getting the MinGW installer to download the relevant files, so I had a look on the MinGW  mailing list & found this post where someone else was having problems.

The OP was told he should download the TDM/MinGW installer from here. I did that & it downloaded & installed perfectly first time.

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Geany for Ubuntu

Geany is an IDE for Windows & Linux that can be used for various programming languages.

If you want to install the Ubuntu version just type the following in a terminal.

sudo apt-get install geany

DrPython for Ubuntu

If you want to install the Python IDE; DrPython for Ubuntu.

Just type the following in a terminal.

sudo apt-get install drpython

DrPython IDE

DrPython is a code editor for Python, it works in both Linux & Windows & I highly recommend that you take a look at it here.

In order to use it you must first install wxPython. Windows users can get it from here, while Linux users can use their package manager to install it.

Geany

Geany is a Code Editor (IDE) for Windows & Linux. It can be downloaded from here & there is a guide to compiling programs in various languages such as Java, Python, C, C++ here on my Wikispace.