Ok so I have Visual Studio 2005 Professional and VS 2008 C++ Express. I've only done C# programming, but now I have a C++ class. I'm very used to the very handy Intellisense(autofill) feature. However, it doesn't seem like either of these C++ IDE's work with it. Can I get intellisense or something like it to work with C++?
I get the feeling that I'm just missing something because it tells me at the bottom that itellisense isn't working and to check with Help, which doesn't actually have anything about intellisense in it.
The intellisense works fine, it's just that c++ uses :: and -> more often as triggers for it. If you're on an empty line, use ctrl+space to make it appear.
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OMG C++ intellisense SUCKS. That's all it can do?! WTF it can't even auto complete a variable declaration name?! I actually have to type out 'double'. Why use C++ again?
Does your auto complete when you are typing out normal things like cout or #include because mine doesn't and I really wish it did. Can I get it to autocomplete practically everything like C# does?
Eh, the only programming class I got requires us to memorize everything we use because the midterm and final are written exams (writing actual code on paper, wtf). We don't even get auto-complete. At least it's intro to programming which uses Java, so it's easy enough.
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What? Just because you
actually have to type?
There is NO reason C++ can't use the same auto complete and other stuff. Intellisense is SO useful and time saving I just don't understand it! I mean, with C# I get all of this:
Quick Information (QI) gives you information about the identifier in question, such as variable type, type definition, function signature, and so on. Users request QI by positioning the cursor or mouse pointer on top of any identifier in a C++ project; the QI information will be displayed in a yellow pop-up box.
Auto Completion (ACP) gives you information about the members of a class, such as fields, methods, properties, events, and so on. Users request ACP by typing a member selection operator ('.' or '->') or the scope resolution operator ('::') after an object or pointer or a namespace or class name respectively.
Parameter Help (PH) gives you information about a function call or a template instantiation, such as function parameters and overloads, template parameters, and so on. Users request PH by typing the opening parenthesis ('(') or angle bracket ('<') after a function name or template name respectively.
It's not that C# its self is better than C++, just that the C++ environment doesn't have these easy to use features which seem to have been omitted for no reason.
You just quoted what the C++ Intellisense gives...
Also, the code definition window in C++ is pretty useful, that's something C# doesn't have. The main difference is that in C++, it doesn't show Intellisense to you as soon as you start to type, but you have to press ctrl+space for it (except when typing the selection operator or scope resolution operator). It does complete fields and methods fine though, it also shows the tooltip with the method signature if you're calling it.
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Lol, maybe you can actually learn the language?
C++ is simple, its names make perfect english sense, so it's easy to remember, not to mention, memorizing it makes learning other languages, many of which are based off of it (*cough* Java and C# *cough*) much easier.
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You're using an IDE?
real programmers use vim. (actually, vim has autocompeletion.
)
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real programmers use vim.
That's false.
I'm a programmer, and I use IDEs all the time. As-well as text-editors.
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programming w/o intellisense is like writing without spell check. It can only help, and helps a lot.
What is so wrong about programming w/o intellisense? I never use intellisense for C++, I remember Visual Basics had it and it slowed me down rather than help me as you mentioned ;o!
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Programming with Intellisense is like relying on spellcheck, which doesn't help you out, it's usually faster if you get it right the first time.
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Intellisense allows you to not remember exactly a method name and its location, but rather where to find it, which I think is rather practical especially when the framework you're working with is really big. It's also practical so you can remember what kind of data the method takes, but not the exact signature.
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real programmers use vim.
That's false.
I'm a programmer, and I use IDEs all the time. As-well as text-editors.
That's
true. What IDEs do you use? And then, give me a feature in that IDE that can be done faster than if I were working in a vim/command line environment.
Intellisense allows you to not remember exactly a method name and its location, but rather where to find it, which I think is rather practical especially when the framework you're working with is really big. It's also practical so you can remember what kind of data the method takes, but not the exact signature.
It's called an API. Learn to use it.
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You're using an IDE?
real programmers use vim. (actually, vim has autocompeletion.
)
I use notepad.
programming w/o intellisense is like writing without spell check. It can only help, and helps a lot.
Debug, perhaps? (I don't mean an actual debugger, but usually things spam you if you do it wrong.)
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