Good C IDE for Mac?

Question

I've just started a job where I'm programming in C on a Mac, which is my first experience using a Mac for development. For now I'm using Xcode as my editor, then using make/gcc/svn at the command line for compiling and source control.

Is there a good, full featured IDE out there for Macs that will compile C code (something comparable to VS would be ideal), or should I stick with these low level tools?

EDIT: so I called Xcode a "low level tool" because I was under the impression that it was just a text editor for code, like gvim. I will definitely look into it's compiling/source control features.

Solution 1

You can also try Eclipse with the CDT plugin.

Solution 2

Good ide: Xcode

Good non-ide option: vim/make/gcc

Solution 3

textmate - Download from Macromates website.

The latest version is textmate2 but some people choose to keep using textmate-1.5 because there are significant differences between the two versions and they're both awesome.

Solution 4

I just stumbled over Qt Creator. It seems to hold up really nice where every other IDE failed me when working with a plain Makefile project.

XCode, Eclipse, IntelliJ or Netbeans wouldn't resolve dependencies, or load my project in a good way. In Qt Creator I could just point to New Project » Import Project » Import Existing Project and voila!

Solution 5

Remember that Objective-C is a superset of C (a pretty pure one, if I recall correctly). You should be able to use XCode for editing, compiling, and debugging.

Here's one solution (which tells you to create a C++ project, then rename main.cpp to main.c)... http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~s70201/C_In_Xcode/Xcode_Tutorial.html

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Comments

[RageZ]

+1 for eclipse CDT, really like it.

[lostiniceland]

Yes, Eclipse with CDT is quite nice. You will also get the task focused UI (Mylin) which is now included in all Eclipse downloads. It helps a lot when connected to a bugtracking system

[Jarret Hardie]

especially as xcode has built-in SVN support, and can easily use an external makefile for building

[Nosredna]

NetBeans is another good Java-based IDE that supports C/C++.

[Admin]

this will return: False

[bgw]

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[Admin]

haha, you got a good sense of humor. i don't hate textmate, i loved it when i used to use it. but once i tried other editors, especially vim, my mind about textmate has changed. another reason it's not awesome is that the update (v. 2) is not coming for how many years i don't know.

[victorkolis]

CodeRunnerApp also live to its standards. coderunnerapp.com