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AppCode vs CLion: What are the differences?
AppCode: IDE for iOS/macOS development. It is an integrated development environment for Swift, Objective-C, C, C++, and JavaScript development built on JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA platform. It takes care of your routine tasks and saves you from extra typing; CLion: A cross-platform IDE for C and C++. Knowing your code through and through, CLion can take care of the routine while you focus on the important things. Boost your productivity with the keyboard-centric approach (Vim-emulation plugin is also available in plugin repository), full coding assistance, smart and relevant code completion, fast project navigation, intelligent intention actions, and reliable refactorings.
AppCode and CLion can be primarily classified as "Integrated Development Environment" tools.
Pros of AppCode
- Better typing2
- Awesome refactoring support2
- Powerful search and replace2
Pros of CLion
- Good editor29
- Easy setup28
- Already one of the best C/C++ IDEs, even before launch22
- Powerful refactoring, extremely smart IDE22
- Cross-platform build20
- Clean, Sleek User Interface18
- Much faster and smarter than Intellisense17
- Vertically/Horizontally split windows13
- Great navigation, error messages and auto completion12
- Vim plugin9
- Not a 20gb installation8
- It is best IDE5
- Like this one because of - not a 20GB installation3
- Free Flowing C++ IDE2
- Very good Git plugin1
- IDE supports Python with all features of PyCharm CE1
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Cons of AppCode
Cons of CLion
- No good support for Makefiles2
- Not free, unless you are a student2