3 Set an idle perspective to use CodeBlocks for beginner.
Make sure all C/C++ files opens in CodeBlocks by default. 2 Associate C/C++ files with CodeBlocks IDE. Set the detected compiler as default and click OK button. CodeBlocks automatically detects our installed C compiler. It is built around plugin framework, which allows functionality of Code::Block to be extended by installing appropriate plugins.ġ Associate CodeBlocks with C compiler. Developed by ‘The Code::Blocks Team’, Code::Block is a free, open-source and cross-platform IDE, which supports various free compilers.
Note: You must download the CodeBlocks with MinGW setup executable file. Download the latest build of CodeBlocks with C compiler from its official website. MinGW C compiler is a windows variant of GCC C compiler. For Windows it comes with MinGW C compiler suite. It can optionally use external makefiles, which simplifies interfacing with projects using the GNU or qmake build systems.CodeBlocks is available in two variant - with and without compiler. Some of Code::Blocks features are targeted at users migrating from other IDE's - these include Dev-C++, Microsoft Visual C++ project import (MSVC 7 & 10), and Dev-C++ Devpak support.Ĭode::Blocks uses a custom build system, which stores its information in XML-based project files. To make a complete wxWidgets application, the appropriate wxWidgets SDK must be installed. It is a derivative port of wxWidgets version 2.9.4. It also allows the user to debug their program by having access to the local function symbol and argument display, user-defined watches, call stack, disassembly, custom memory dump, thread switching, CPU registers and GNU Debugger Interface.Īs of version 13.12 Code::Blocks comes with a GUI designer called wxSmith.
The Code::Blocks debugger has full breakpoint support. The code editor supports font and font size selection and personalized syntax highlighting colours. The IDE features syntax highlighting and code folding (through its Scintilla editor component), C++ code completion, class browser, a hex editor and many other utilities. A plug-in system is included to support other programming languages. Although the IDE was designed for the C++ language, there is some support for other languages, including Fortran and D. Features Compilers Ĭode::Blocks supports multiple compilers, including GCC, MinGW, Digital Mars, Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, LLVM Clang, Watcom, LCC and the Intel C++ compiler. Jennic Limited distributes a version of Code::Blocks customized to work with its microcontrollers.
In April 2020, a critical software vulnerability was found in the Code::Blocks IDE, identified by CVE-2020-10814. Version 20.03 is the latest stable release however for the most up-to-date version the user can download the relatively stable nightly build or download the source code from SVN. The versioning scheme was changed to that of Ubuntu, with the major and minor number representing the year and month of the release. The first stable release was on February 28, 2008, with the version number changed to 8.02. Instead, there were nightly builds of the latest SVN version made available on a daily basis. After releasing two release candidate versions, 1.0rc1 on Jand 1.0rc2 on October 25, 2005, instead of making a final release, the project developers started adding many new features, with the final release being repeatedly postponed.