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Which IDE(s) do ROS developers use? [closed]

asked 2011-02-15 08:25:22 -0500

Alex Bravo gravatar image

updated 2014-01-28 17:09:08 -0500

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While emacs and vi are great, there are also advantages in using IDEs, especially for code exploration and debugging. Which IDE(s) do developers use for C++, Python and other languages?

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answered 2013-10-06 04:16:54 -0500

Artem gravatar image

updated 2013-10-06 04:31:09 -0500

The best option for Mac users is Xcode. There are a couple of things that still irritates me but it is useable and gives you the full power of Xcode. Especially with Xcode 5 it has become easier to find memory leaks and autocomplete is perfect. Moreover, clang gives you a very informative error description that speeds up development. Here is a short description on how you can integrate it.

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answered 2014-04-12 22:38:27 -0500

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For python I use sublimedText2 which is basically a text editor with auto-complete

you can also get add-ons for it like sublimeCodeIntel, which basically checks your python code for errors. It will bring up docstrings when you hit the dot sometimes as well.

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answered 2014-04-23 09:54:43 -0500

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I use vim, but when I want the features of an IDE like Eclipse, I use Eclim ( http://eclim.org/ ) to access a headless instance of Eclipse fairly seamlessly right from vim. The biggest things are that when Eclipse has an issues it's even less graceful about it than when you're using the GUI, and that I sometimes futz around a bit when I pull in a new dependency to get it recognized properly. Maybe that's an issue with the GUI Eclipse too, but I haven't used Eclipse "normally" in a while.

People have also made plugins to support using Eclim with other popular editors as well.

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