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[Tamesh16]

SO i have been using Code blocks For a while, but i want to do Html and c++ soon , and i was hoping to move over to Visual Studios, But the option the download the C,/C++ package isnt available, the "click to download templates" link doesnt , work,i have uninstalled it twice in its entirety ( a head ache all by it self ) , But the same issue all the time, i mean, i dont mind that it doesnt come with the template, but does any one know why the link doesnt work ( btw online link in New Projects work ) 

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57 minutes ago, Erik Sieghart said:

Uh, so when you setup Visual Studio, you didn't include the packages you need?

I think that may be the problem. When I installed VS 2015, I included every package checkbox I saw. It is 8-12 GB of random packages, but whatever makes it work. 

Another thing could be these random errors. My friend tried downloading visual studio, and an error came up. When he googled the error code it boiled down to "Not enough people get this error, so we aren't going to fix it." Try what you can first before you give up. I hope that comment doesn't scare you. 

PS. Any reason as to why you want to get out of Code::Blocks? I haven't personally used it. Just curious to the reasoning. I hear some people just want a different looking dev environment to see something new. 

[Tamesh16]

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[Tamesh16]

1 hour ago, fpo said:

I think that may be the problem. When I installed VS 2015, I included every package checkbox I saw. It is 8-12 GB of random packages, but whatever makes it work. 

Another thing could be these random errors. My friend tried downloading visual studio, and an error came up. When he googled the error code it boiled down to "Not enough people get this error, so we aren't going to fix it." Try what you can first before you give up. I hope that comment doesn't scare you. 

PS. Any reason as to why you want to get out of Code::Blocks? I haven't personally used it. Just curious to the reasoning. I hear some people just want a different looking dev environment to see something new. 

I Didnt want to keep downloading Ides for different coding languages, i started with Code blocks, because its what every one in my course is Using,

[Tamesh16]

3 hours ago, Erik Sieghart said:

Uh, so when you setup Visual Studio, you didn't include the packages you need?

I noticed there was a Default and Personalised option when i downloaded , but i went for default setting since, it was the first time using the program 

[uzarnom]

Answering the question if you reinstall the program you should be able to select what languages you can use,
Edit: i advise this method, its seems more complete and will get everything you need, the next method worked on mine but not my friends computer


if you don't want to do this i'm fairly sure you can just add a module to download.
 

 

Support page (Microsoft)
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/overview
Where to search and install components
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?term=c%2B%2B&target=vscode&category=Languages&sortBy=Relevance
So just search the language you want select and install


Into the filth,
I think you should learn both, there will be cases where you need to debug and profile, an IDE makes it so much easier. for web development code completion does still help and there may be IDE addon's that help scan for security issues.

Taking a step back, it is nice to work with just a text editor (sublime, notepad++, gedit) they support enough to make coding nice and clean sometimes its nice to have small applications without that hassle of large build files and folders just a simple gcc on commandline (or something)

then we have pure commandline shit, this is also really nice to learn, it helps with forcing you to be a better programming, finding mistakes when working in a very minimal environment can be weird. but hey American nukes and if you are in australia bankwest still work with mainframes.

So they are all nice to learn but work with want you want, everything has an advantage and disadvantage, everyone has an opinion all equally right.

My preference is text editor and IDE (though i've been using nano as of late), i am a slow programmer and being able to scroll and make bookmarks or breakpoints is awesome for more complex issues.

So don't be restricted by the tools, let the job and language dictate the tools and workflow

Edited October 10, 2016 by uzarnom
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