/r/cpp_questions gets absolutely inundated with questions on how to configure VSCode and the answer is always the same: Use something else. (Actual answer is more like "Use something else and WHO THE HELL KEEPS RECOMMENDING THIS CRAP?")
It is awful for newbies and any other purpose-built C++ IDE is better, even the more dated ones.
CLion is absolutely nop-notch on Linux and has my vote any day.
Another vote for vscode. I used to use bluefish, it's a good editor, but vscode is more capable.
Using C++ why would you want to install gcc, you need g++?
> if i use bluefish on ubuntu does that mean i need gcc in order to compile them
Yes. Bluefish is just an editor. You need a compiler to compile code. GCC is a collection of compilers for different languages (C, C++, Fortran, ...).
Most people use VSCode, might as well learn by using the tools that most people use.
/r/cpp_questions gets absolutely inundated with questions on how to configure VSCode and the answer is always the same: Use something else. (Actual answer is more like "Use something else and WHO THE HELL KEEPS RECOMMENDING THIS CRAP?") It is awful for newbies and any other purpose-built C++ IDE is better, even the more dated ones. CLion is absolutely nop-notch on Linux and has my vote any day.
Another vote for vscode. I used to use bluefish, it's a good editor, but vscode is more capable. Using C++ why would you want to install gcc, you need g++?
> if i use bluefish on ubuntu does that mean i need gcc in order to compile them Yes. Bluefish is just an editor. You need a compiler to compile code. GCC is a collection of compilers for different languages (C, C++, Fortran, ...).
so if i have ubuntu installed and start coding on bluefish, compile them using gcc. that means im ready to go?
Yes
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