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squizzz:
Just a while ago I discovered this SF.net project - OSS Development Studio. Anyone having Deja Vu? (check screenshots & features)
They're even using wxWidgets as GUI toolkit. :)

Maybe contacting them would be a good idea, they really do not have to reinvent the whe... erm... blocks. :P

Regards,
Jan

sethjackson:
LOL thats funny. It seems that it was just started :) I wonder if they have heard of C::B?  Someone should contact them....

aggro:
Hello, I am one of the main developers of the OSS Development Studio. Thank you for contacting us.

Yes, we did know about your project before we started. Our projects have some similarities. One reason is the wxWidgets library, which causes for example the edit area look pretty much the same in both projects. Other reason is that both projects are using some standard techniques that are common to C++ programming environments that are used pretty much in every IDE (project tree, output area etc.).

But we do have some differences. Your project is "specifically to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It was designed, right from the start, to be extensible and configurable" while ours is: "easy for beginners to use". Also, when you say "They're not bundled. The templates were provided for your convenience, but you need to download the libraries on your own." we say "which will have some major open source window- graphic- and sound libraries bundled under it".

So the main difference is that while you offer perfect control for most demanding and experienced users, we try to offer smooth and easy start for beginners.

rickg22:
Altho I think it's reinventing the wheel, feel free to work on your IDE. Competition is good, it encourages the distinct players to keep improving their products. "Evolution at work", so to speak.

Good luck :)

takeshimiya:

--- Quote from: aggro on November 21, 2005, 06:24:21 pm ---The templates were provided for your convenience, but you need to download the libraries on your own." we say "which will have some major open source window- graphic- and sound libraries bundled under it".

--- End quote ---

That is planned/can be done in the next versions of Code::Blocks, asociating the templates to the Dev-C++ plugin, and automatically downloading the libraries and installing them.
That probably is better than 'bundling them' -which anyways you can do it right now with Code::Blocks, instead of creating another IDE. It's Open Suorce, remember!.

I never heard anyone saying that Code::Blocks isn't user-friendly, I find it very easy to use, even for a newbie.

aggro: Not to discourage you, but I find OSS Development Studio path is very simmilar to Code::Blocks, it indeed looks like Code::Blocks in the first versions.
This IMHO is duplicating effort, something that sadly happens very often in the Open Source world.
This also happened with wxWidgets RAD editors, there are like dozens of them, but 1 or 2 are usable.

Join efforts is better than duplicating efforts. If you don't like something of Code::Blocks, please tell us, or even better, join the development :)

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