Good C++ Debugging/IDE Environment for Linux?

Question

I have a friend who is trying to make the switch to Linux, but is hung up on the apparent lack of debugging/IDE environments for C++, especially as they relate to template progr

Answer 1

Visual Studio is good, indeed.

On the free side:

Qt Creator is getting quite good too, it's worth a try. There are advantageous by-products coming from the Qt framework:

• huge library - not only to build GUI applications but for other domains as well
• portability on multiple platforms

A version 1.3 beta is available as a preview of the upcoming release but the current 1.2.1 is already all you need to manage projects.

Eclipse has already been mentioned, it's a very good environment offering many plug-ins (Mylyn, SVN, ...).

MonoDevelop somewhat supports C++ (more and more, I didn't check the latest version).