C++ code editor with class browsing and/or code completion other than VS

Question

Hi All

Do you know whether there is a good FREE C++ Source code editor other than Visual Studio ? The only feataure I might really need are class browsing (jumping from a method call to a class declaration/dfinition) and (whenever is possible) code completion.

I really need only writing source code + those 2 features and nothing else other than that i.e. I don't want any building capability, or debugging or whatever.

I know about Eclipse and Netbeans but I would prefer tools not based on any JAVA or .NET platform. Since I need it to be fast and responsive I would prefer a tool built as common ordinary binary, not produced on top these frameworks. Even textual ones are very appreciated

I need it since the project I am working right now is very big and sometimes even opening VS is really a big pain. Do you have any suggestion? I tried Crimson Editor that is good but it has not class browsing ( it is more a good NOTEPAD ).

I am working under Windows OS.

Regards

EO

Answer 1

I would suggest Source Navigator from sourceforge.

It definetly provides a very good class browser.

• http://sourcenav.sourceforge.net/

Answer 2

Try Dev-cpp. Its also a good, free, lightweight, and fully featured IDE for C++.

Answer 3

You could try Code::Blocks. Code::Blocks is:

• Fast, written in C++ using wxWidgets
• Can open Visual Studio project files. I've opened a big project and it was very fast compared with Visual Studio 2008
• Actively maintained (unlike lets say DevCpp), and it has an active opensource community
• Has code browsing capability, maybe not the best (Visual Assist) but it's there

You might also want to try the Express version of Visual Studio, I have found it to be very fast compared with full Visual Studio. The fact that it's a simplified version of Visual Studio has its speed merits.