Program to run Visual Studios 2010

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  1. bsavi, Nov 13, 2011

    bsavi macrumors newbie

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    I have searched and found some topics related to this one but most were not resolved or finished, and some were just too different in comparison.

    I have a Mac Book Pro that I ask a lot of. It runs the master version of Adobe and I run Visual Studios 2010 on Parallels. Parallels runs Windows 7 and when it starts up it slows the computer down a lot. Is there something else out there that is comparable to Visual Studios that will allow me to build and compile my programs that are built in c, c++, and Java? I think there is stuff built into the mac that allows for coding but I am not familiar.

    I run OSx 10.7.2 with a 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and run 4GB 1067MHz DDR3

    I am open to all suggestions but I am tired of programing on my Desktop that is a PC, I would like to be able to code on my laptop and not have it drag all the performance out of it.

    Thanks
     
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  2. Hansr, Nov 13, 2011

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    For C/C++ check XCode. For Java try IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse
     
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  3. bsavi, Nov 13, 2011

    bsavi thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Can you compile and run with those? Also if header files and cpp files are supplied can include them in the project?

    Thanks
     
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  4. Blakeasd, Nov 13, 2011

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    QT is great if you want to compile things for more than 1 platform and it has a project format you were asking about.
     
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  5. wpotere, Nov 13, 2011

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    Netbeans can handle what you are asking.
     
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  6. Hansr, Nov 13, 2011

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    Yes and yes. They are IDEs.
     
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  7. jiminaus, Nov 13, 2011

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    What files are you referring to? Are you referring to Microsoft-supplied header files?

    Also how platform neutral is your C/C++ code? If you use an Microsoft compiler features or Windows platform libraries, then you'll need to port that to Mac OS X.
     
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  8. bsavi, Nov 13, 2011

    bsavi thread starter macrumors newbie

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    The code I write is platform neutral, shouldn't be a problem getting it to work on either a mac or pc but im not sure about the header and cpp file that need to be worked into the program. I will have to look into it further.

    Thank you for all the help, I'll let you know what I end up using and how it works out for me.
     
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  9. adrian.oconnor, Nov 14, 2011

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    +1 for Netbeans. It's fantastic for Java, and I'm pretty sure the C++ plugin is good too (though I haven't used it myself).

    +1 also for XCode, which I do use a lot, though Netbeans is more like VS2010 and XCode can be a bit 'different'.

    It's also worth considering TextMate or Sublime Text, both of which are text editors, but with some really great programmer features. If you install XCode, you've got gcc on the command line...
     
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  10. wrldwzrd89, Nov 14, 2011

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    I am an Eclipse user but I find NetBeans better for PHP development, in case that interests you at all - mostly because NetBeans will helpfully detect MAMP as a target, if you have that installed.
     
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