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Hello,

I've been taking programming classes for a couple years now and decided maybe I'll try my hand at programming a MUD.

My most recent class, Java, uses an SDK called Eclipse which is a very nice free program. It does support a C/C++ environment however I'm not sure how to use it..

From reading posts on this board I've found that people use Dev C++ to program under the windows environment. I've downloaded it and I'm trying it out.

My questions are though:

Can anybody suggest any other SDK ?


How do I import the MUD source files into Dev C++ ?


Thanks!

-RD

I'd just like to point out that the most common name for this kind of software is actually IDE (Integrated Development Environment), not SDK. SDKs usually refer to tools and libraries for a specific product, such as the Wii SDK, the Windows SDK, or even the Java SDK.

Eclipse and DevC++ are actually IDEs, which are editors that also include tools like debugging and project management. So if you're looking for something similar to Eclipse and DevC++, just search Google for "java IDE" or "C++ ide" or something like that.

I've actually been using netbeans recently, which is another normally Java IDE, which has C++ capabilities. You can get it from sun.com to try it out. I haven't used Eclipse extensively, but from my experience they are very similar, and you should thus be able to adapt quickly. Emacs is a common editor which I used to hear alot about a couple years ago... other than those I can't recommend much, as I'm used to doing things in primitive editors like vi.

Best of Luck,
-Jess

Well netbeans is pretty good, but i personally like to leave for gui related programming, a very good and free compiler is jcreator, although jcreatorpro isn't.