What to write instead of Borland C++ Builder 6?

Sergei Bekhtin2011-09-02 15:39:44

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Sergei Bekhtin, 2011-09-02 15:39:44

Hello Hardy people. I have to use Borland C++ Builder 6 for work, but I want something fresher and more convenient. Actually, the question is this: is it possible to write programs in something other than the sixth builder, so that these projects are normally compiled from under it (and vice versa)?

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Pollux, 2011-09-02
@Pollux

qt creator!
nice, win/unix, free.

Seldon, 2011-09-02
@Seldon

Microsoft Visual Studio - definitely!

Lampus, 2011-09-02
@Lampus

I support the previous speaker.
Qt 4 + Qt Creator
Qt is a whole framework with a bunch of features: working with a database, network, Xml, OpenGL, scripting engine, WebKit, etc.
Very high quality documentation, one of the best I've seen.

vadiml, 2011-09-02
@vadiml

I eventually settled on Qt - no one has better documentation and thoughtfulness of the library.
I wrote the last programs already under Linux, and then I simply recompiled the final versions in windows, no problems arose due to cross-platform.
MFC did not go, although I wrote several small programs on it.

p4s8x, 2011-09-02
@p4s8x

I had the same problem) Working in a state institution, I had to write under the sixth builder. I recommend looking at Embarcadero RAD Studio . I can’t say exactly which version, but it normally imported the builder 6 project. Of course, there is no backward compatibility.
But I recommend switching to QT. At one time he convinced the authorities there to switch to him. "Imported"
by the hands of technicians in a month.

ixSci, 2011-09-03
@ixSci

By the way, I don't know if this will help you. But you can transfer your projects to CMake and subsequently you will have a wide choice of IDEs. You will be able to use both MSVS and the Creator suggested above (and others). Cmake can generate Borland makefiles, including. CMake does not have very good documentation, but it can be mastered. Although it will take time.
And it is best for you to choose an IDE according to your feelings, many advise QtCreator + Qt. Personally, I use MSVS+Qt and can't use QtCreator because for me, QtCreator is too inconvenient and slow. Perhaps you will see it differently.

akzhan, 2011-09-04
@akzhan

I once switched from Delphi to C #, and I never regretted it.

asm0dey, 2011-09-02
@asm0dey

If you are used to the builder, you can switch to C++Builder 2011.
In general, Qt4+Creator.

gahcep, 2011-09-04
@gahcep

Probably, my answer will not be popular, but still I will contribute my two cents. An alternative to Qt is GTK+ under, say, Glade. It is important to understand that Qt is basically KDE (of course, not only), and a bunch of GTK + and Glade is a solution for Gnome. True, things are much worse with the documentation for Glade than with the IDE for Qt.

Vitaly Dostovalov, 2011-09-04
@Vitalyz

I will advise Eclipse - an environment ported from Linux. Although originally conceived as a framework for Java, it received a CDT (C / C ++ Development Tool) module, which is very easy to work with. Honestly, I have not tried to port projects from Borland, but I will try and tell you right away.