For a long time opencv has been (and still is,) the main infrastructure for 2d development.
When going 3d, PCL is the natural choise: it has vast range of algorithms implemented, online API documentation, and the backbone of the industry's leading companies.
That said, How can it be that the last binary is for IDE 5 years ago?(!!!) last update was in 2013 (probably due to the death of OPENNI, thank you Apple), the implementation is obsolete , and I am not even talking about c++1x, nevertheless the futuristic compute capability 5.x.
Is PCL a dead project? are there's any predecessors?
I too work with PCL and find the outdated libraries frustrating. However as PhilLab mentioned the GitHub page is still active.
HOWEVER: Thanks to Tsuksa Sugiura there exists a perfect pre-built package for Windows + VS2015. He even maintains this and updates it. Both x86 and x64.
ALSO it is possible to use 1.8.0 RC2 on the NVidia Tegra platforms, such as the Jetson TX1. here the CMake system is working relatively well.
AND ROS supports it (again defaults to 1.7.2, but can run on 1.8.x)
So to conclude; sure no one is packing it into tidy releases, but the package is slowly getting advanced. And it kind of is our only choice...
Also to the moderators: I would have commented this on PhilLab's answer as I feel this doesn't dignify a new answer... but on this strange community you can answer before being able to comment. Sorry.
I share your frustration with the outdated prebuilts (outdated both in IDE version and PCL version) but the project is still quite active on GitHub: https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/commits/master.
The release cycle seems to be quite lengthy but the commits come in steadily
Edit: Release 1.8.0 is in preparation and the lack of Windows builds is because the lack of a Windows programmer
Edit (06/2018): The newest versions include windows prebuilds
Now the best option to use PCL on windows is using the vcpkg package management system to manage the dependencies and binaries.
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I compiled Qt5 by myself years ago for a Linux project. These days I'm working on Windows and I install Qt5 using the online installer.
Here and there however I face indications that compiling Qt might led to a better debugging experience, last time I notice it was here.
From that days I was using compiled Qt I don't have any memories of better experience than using the online installer.
So I would like to know more about the possible benefits of using a Qt compiled by myself. Is it worth it? Does it give me any extras compared to the online installer?
TLDR: You can use the online installer for initial development and works great with Qt Creator. Maybe later, you might need to build it yourself.
Qt's Windows installer installs most everything you need - including pre-built reference binaries with the most common options available. Perfect for initial development. There's even an option to install the source with the binaries for easy debugging. Download the symbols too if you do this.
You may want to compile the binaries yourself would be for any of the following reasons:
Build with your own custom patches
In case you need to change a build option like the renderer or openssl linkage.
You have a business requirement to build all code you ship.
At least those are the 3 reasons why we build Qt binaries directly ourselves on my team.
I am trying to install CppUnit on Windows.
I have downloaded it from here, decompressed it, and noticed that all files have ,v in their name, and no extension.
The instructions for installation (in included files, as well as on every site I found that suggests installation for Windows, are for Linux. (example installing CppUnit for Windows Instructions).
Others, just to build: (example: installing CppUnit for Visual Studio Instructions or Second answer on same topic).
The accepted answer on the above link has a comment saying that the person who accepted it "Sorted it, I downloaded another version" - after he had exactly the same problem as I did - but did not specify what version or from where...
The link I have above is the latest version.
I was able to find a very old version, 1.12.1, from 2008, that would almost build (with lots of errors), on Windows. I am using it now to learn how to implement CppUnit. Still, it is 4 years old... I would like to be able to use the latest build...
Please, can someone give me some suggestion that I can implement, and works, in Windows, to install the latest cppUnit ?
Thank you.
The first download you made is an archive of the CVS repository. This explains the strange ,v "extensions" you see on the files. It is not what you should download. And indeed, the correct download you made (version 1.12.1) is 4 years old. It was the latest stable version though, so it should normally build. I don't know what the exact problems were you encountered.
There are however two newer options. There is CppUnit2, which is available here. And there is an independent fork of the original project available here.
Perhaps you can check either of those out and see if they are less problematic for you.
The fork Bart mentions on freedesktop.org appears to be the (only?) continuation of CppUnit version 1, and at this moment has version 1.13.2.
Note that for this version, if you want to use the test runner on Win64, you'll have to make a small modification described here until that has made it to a newer release.
I was recently tasked with performing a feasibility study based around switching from using DOS to Linux for use as an OS to run our industrial control software (developed internally). In a nutshell I have been restricted to using Ubuntu 8.04 (with a vendor supplied kernel upgrade providing drivers for the hardware on the board). As this is no longer supported I am unable to update or install software meaning that I am stuck using gcc version 4.2. I want to be able to use C++ and preferably boost libraries but currently this seems like I will not be able to do so.
Basically I am asking how do companies/professionals go about using Linux as a development environment? Is what I described above a common occurrence? Do you simply pick a version and a compiler and stick with it throughout the product lifetime to ensure that the development environment doesn't change too much or can you freely upgrade the kernel, compiler etc. as you go along? Is it common to be constrained by what a particular vendor can provide. Would anyone be prepared to give their opinion as to whether ubuntu 8.04 is a suitable choice of OS for development of industrial control software?
I am not a linux expert at all, but my research and experimentation so far is leading me to conclusion that I should abandon the linux approach and use DOS. Our company has no linux knowledge and is very small and for personal career reasons I have no interest in learning redundant technology like DOS.
I realise this is not exactly a yes/no type question but any responses will be gratefully received.
GCC 4.2 has no C++11 support but the C++03 support should be good and you should be able to find a version of Boost that can deal with that quite easily.
Ultimately, Linux has many upsides you won't find in DOS- for example, no segmentation, virtual memory, and such things that will make it easier and faster to develop software, not to mention additional libraries you might need, as absolutely nobody whatsoever will support DOS today.
With linux-based systems there's not much reason to stick with fixed OS+toolchain version, because backwards compatibility is a very serious issue in Unix-world. Sometimes it is good to target certain fixed system, but frankly these are rather rare, and even then the development can be done on up-to-date systems as long as testing is done on the target macine/platform.
Basically you could just upgrade to for example Ubuntu 12.04 LTS(long term support) for development and stick with it, it is very unlikely that there would be any sorts of uncompatibility problems on the target platform/machine.
Libraries and such tend to change between Linux distros, new versions of linux distros, and other *nix OSes.
I once worked on a C++ application that had to run on both Windows and RHEL. I was the 'Linux guy' on the team, so I got to deal with coaxing all the open-source linux libraries we were using to build and work on Windows (using cygwin), and getting the latest changes made by the devs working on Windows to work on Linux.
Midway through development, we upgraded to a newer version of RHEL. It was not a fun experience. Library versions had changed, some had been removed in favor of other 'equivalent' libs, etc. Shaking out all of the problems caused by changing gcc versions took a little while too (granted, the newer gcc version was a bit less forgiving and exposed some stuff in our code that probably wasn't quite right anyway).
A couple of days before a big demo, management informed us that the app needed to run on Solaris as well. That was not a trivial task -- Solaris is NOT Linux. They hinted about wanting it to run on IRIX at one point. Glad that didn't happen.
I would recommend that you pick a specific version of a Linux distro, gcc, etc. and stick with it throughout development. Upgrading that stuff can happen later, when the software is in maintenance. RHEL offers long-term support, at a cost. You might also consider the newly released Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I have a friend who is trying to make the switch to Linux, but is hung up on the apparent lack of debugging/IDE environments for C++, especially as they relate to template programming. He has been using visual studio for years and is maybe a little spoiled by their awesome IDE. Does anyone have any good suggestions for an environment where he can, under Linux, develop and debug with all of the usual things (Breakpoints, line highlighting for compilation errors, step in/over/out/etc, etc) that he's accustomed to? Thanks!
How about Eclipse + CDT ?
Although many people think of it as a Java IDE, he could try NetBeans. I've used it on Windows for C and C++ development without a problem, and I know NetBeans is supported on Linux, so it would be worth a shot.
It looks like most of the features he wants are included in the C/C++ development toolkit, including integration with GDB, a profiler, and more.
Visual Studio is good, indeed.
On the free side:
Qt Creator is getting quite good too, it's worth a try. There are advantageous by-products coming from the Qt framework:
huge library - not only to build GUI applications but for other domains as well
portability on multiple platforms
A version 1.3 beta is available as a preview of the upcoming release but the current 1.2.1 is already all you need to manage projects.
Eclipse has already been mentioned, it's a very good environment offering many plug-ins (Mylyn, SVN, ...).
MonoDevelop somewhat supports C++ (more and more, I didn't check the latest version).
I've used Eclipse for C/C++ and it's pretty useful. It's also used at ACM ICPC World Finals http://cm.baylor.edu/welcome.icpc
I'd recommand Code::Blocks (but use a nighty build). It can be coupled with gdb to enable step by step debugging and all that stuff.
Not exactly an IDE but SublimeText 2/3 is available on Linux now. There may be a debugger plugin for it too, who knows.
Edit
Here's a gdb plugin for SublimeText
I havn't explored it personally, but Emacs has a C++ development addon that looks very much like a full IDE.
About 7 years ago I used KDevelop that was shipped with KDE. I found it quite good back than, and I hope it also improved with the time. I found it quite comparable to VC++ 6 at this time.
It also contains Qt support, if you are in need for some GUI toolkit.
Depends, Code::Blocks is good, Eclipse is very nice too, but you will need a very good computer. In my opinion the best choice iss gcc, gdb and ViM or Gedit.
My buddies from work use Eclipse + Scons, they also use Valgrind(spelling?) for tracking memory leaks and such.
Many of the IDE features you listed were debugger features. The ddd (Data Display Debugger) debugger is quite a nice GUI wrapper for gdb, allowing graphical representation of data structures, a non-crappy source listing window (ie. unlike the l command of gdb where you don't get context), and also allows you to use any and all native gdb commands directly if desired.
Have a look at CodeLite. It's available for Ubuntu and Fedora out of the box and even for Windows and Mac. So you can have the same IDE on different platforms.
We tried Eclipse and NetBeans but left them due to their huge CPU and memory usage. We have a development server and all the developers connect to it via RDC. Thats why these IDEs miserably failed in our model.
So, we looked for some native IDE. Found CodeBlocks to be very good and super fast. We sort of settled on it but later found CodeLite and liked it better than CodeBlocks.
I just seeing this question after 12+ years. AnyHow I just writing my answer. I personally use Quincy IDE for C and C++ development. it is very lite weight and debugging watch list is very much good and easy to use. I'm just attaching the link to the site. try it.
But you have to install it with wine.
Quincy <-- Click here
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I want to do some coding in my spare time, but the thing is, I don't want to spend the money on this.
Would the following set of development tools be The Right Thing, or is there something I'm forgetting?
Eclipse for C++
SVN for source control
Qt for UI development (since it's C++, and I believe it's now opened by Nokia)
hudson for continuous integration
I'd like to write a little image processing application that can run on any platform, but the main platform at the moment will be Windows with a possible movement to the Mac-- hence all the cross-platform tools.
Is there anything really obvious I'm forgetting? Like something like fxcop for style checking in C++?
If I use any libraries, I'd like to avoid GPL libraries; if things go south with my current employer, I'll want to monetize this.
Microsoft Visual C++ Express is free and easily the best IDE for Windows. Furthermore, you can use it to work on cross-platform code - it more depends on writing standards-adhering code and using portable libraries.
If you want to write cross-platform code, I recommend a cross-platform build tool. I use CMake, which generates Visual Studio solutions on Windows, but there are others too, such as SCons.
As for libraries, it depends on what exactly you need to do. Qt is an excellent GUI library. libpng/libjpeg and others are good for loading/saving images at a low level, but there are probably other higher-level image libraries as well.
[edit] A response to the comment about MSVC and Qt:
A quick search brings up Trolltech's Qt Visual Studio Integration page:
Qt Visual Studio .NET Integration
A comment points out that this is actually not free (a free addon is available at this link, but this runs Qt designer outside of Visual Studio. Also, the Express version of Visual Studio does not support plugins.
For coding specifically in Qt there is another new IDE created by Qt: Qt Creator. I've heard good things about it, and it is also portable across Windows, Linux, and Mac.
I detect procrastination (something I'm often guilty of) - just write some code - you can always add tools as you go along.
The problem with questions with phrases like "what's better" is that it's really hard to determine what's right in a specific situation and maybe impossible what's "better".
Said that, I use Eclipse CDT sucessfully as an IDE on Linux. I use frameworks like ACE/TAO to create code that is highly portable.
I know that QT is a very good UI framework. KDE is built on top of KDE and if you use KDE/Linux then you may also want to look at KDevelop, a C++ IDE that has many users.
In the end I believe that you and only you can figure out whats best for you to use. Make sure you check the alternatives and then make an educated decision.
for c++ there are a few more freewares available such as codeblocks and devcpp. I find eclipse very heavy on the machine.
There are many tools that make the difference:
A C++ compiler ... (it wasn't in your list)
doxygen
STLfilt (which is a must have when programming in C++)
A UT framework (CxxTests, boost.test, Fructose, google.test, ...)
something to manage the compilation chain (scons, aap, (b)jam, cmake, ...) -- I've no idea what eclipse is using.
Source control: git. It's not as diffucult as people make it seem. I'm an svn newbie and I still managed to learn the basics of git for use in everyday life! There are about 4 or 5 basic commands that will get you going in no time. Read the official git tutorial
Regarding IDE's, there are a few choices
Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition (free lite version)
Eclipse with CDT
QtCreator. (Since you're using Qt for the GUI)
Personally I have used Eclipse+CDT for a number of projects. Paired with wxWidgets it has provided me with enough to keep myself pretty much crossplatform (which I think is a big plus).
Also QT has some interesting releases with an IDE now, make sure you check it out: http://www.qtsoftware.com/products/developer-tools
Like earlier suggestion, just start coding, you will eventually find out what is the appropriate mix for you. It varies greatly between individuals what is the "best" IDE or mix of command line tools, etc.
Eclipse CDT is making huge strides, and even organizations that were unx tools only are now finally joining the IDE bandwagon. Considering downloading a current milestone, not the official release.
If you're using windows, don't use Eclipse directly, find a third-party distribution that already has all the GNU tools in it (I forgot the name, I can look it up).
Once you switch to mac it's easier, but make sure to install xcode to get your GNU tools.
If you are using svn - VisualSVNServer is an excellent free GUI based way to setup and administer your SVN repository, definitely worth checking out as it means you have little/no messing about with config files etc. to change your repository.
Regarding version control - Subversion is pretty much standard and is very well supported. From what I've heard, Git is more powerful but harder to use; it's worth a look for a new one-man project, since you wouldn't have the support and retraining concerns that other projects would have.
Regarding IDE, since Visual C++ Express is currently the highest-voted answer - I've used both Eclipse and Visual C++ Express. I don't have a whole lot of experience with Visual C++ Express, so it might have features that I've overlooked, but from what I've been able to compare, Eclipse offers a lot more features. I tried to list its more impressive features in this answer; from what I've been able to see, Visual C++ Express doesn't have any of the features listed there. Eclipse is slower and more resource-intensive, but with a fast enough desktop, its extra features are more than worth it.
In terms of version control, use git and throw your project on GitHub or Gitorious. There's really no reason to use Subversion anymore, due to its painful branching and merging, and lack of a distributed model.
See this link here for why Git is better than X:
http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/
There's also no point in using Sourceforge or GNU Savannah, as the Git front-end sites have much more valuable features and are easier to use.