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CLion vs NetBeans IDE: What are the differences?
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; NetBeans IDE: Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.
CLion and NetBeans IDE can be categorized as "Integrated Development Environment" tools.
Some of the features offered by CLion are:
- Smart Editor
- Code Generation
- CMake
On the other hand, NetBeans IDE provides the following key features:
- Best Support for Latest Java Technologies
- Fast & Smart Code Editing
- Easy & Efficient Project Management
"Good editor" is the top reason why over 21 developers like CLion, while over 63 developers mention "Rich features" as the leading cause for choosing NetBeans IDE.
Edify, Campaign Panel, and inFeedo are some of the popular companies that use NetBeans IDE, whereas CLion is used by Codealike, Zscaler, and EXANTE. NetBeans IDE has a broader approval, being mentioned in 62 company stacks & 46 developers stacks; compared to CLion, which is listed in 9 company stacks and 8 developer stacks.
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
Pros of NetBeans IDE
- Rich features76
- Crossplatform69
- Plugins(Git, SVN)49
- Easy to use38
- Extensible38
- PHP Support35
- Java support34
- File History28
- Code analysis21
- MySQL support18
- Open source14
- Free14
- Code completion10
- Strong Maven Support9
- NodeJs support8
- Easy maven project start6
- Best6
- Webdev king6
- Foss4
- Jira Plugin4
- Mandatory3
- Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn3
- History of changes, friendly tabs3
- Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT2
- Native Nette support2
- I don't like NetBeans2
- Smarty support2
- Groovy support2
- Intuitive ui2
- Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser2
- Custom html tags support2
- Composer commands inside IDE1
- Powerful refactoring1
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Cons of CLion
- No good support for Makefiles2
- Not free, unless you are a student2
Cons of NetBeans IDE
- PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints2
