Which is the best Linux C C debugger or front-end to gdb to help teaching programming

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I teach a sort of  lite  C   programming course to novices   lite  meaning no pointers  no classes  just plain old C  plus references and STL string and vectors   Students have no previous experience in programming  so I believe that using an interactive debugger would help them understand program flow  variables  and recursion   The course is taught in Linux  Teaching them to use gdb is just overkill  they will not use nor understand most features   I just need something simple but easy to use  to see at which line the program is now  what is in the stack  local variables  previous calls  etc    I look something similar to old Turbo Pascal or Turbo C   Borland s debugger  or Visual Studio debugger   Thank you

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You may want to check out Eclipse CDT   It provides a C C   IDE that runs on multiple platforms  e g  Windows  Linux  Mac OS X  etc     Debugging with Eclipse CDT is comparable to using other tools such as Visual Studio   You can check out the Eclipse CDT Debug tutorial that also includes a number of screenshots

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ddd is a graphical front-end to gdb that is pretty nice  One of the down sides is a classic X interface  but I seem to recall it being pretty intuitive

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Qt Creator  apart from other goodies  also has a good debugger integration  for CDB  GDB and the Symnbian debugger  on all supported platforms  You don t need to use Qt to use the Qt Creator IDE  nor do you need to use QMake - it also has CMake integration  although QMake is very easy to use   You may want to use Qt Creator as the IDE to teach programming with  consider it has some good features    Very smart and advanced C   editor Project and build management tools QMake and CMake integration Integrated  context-sensitive help system Excellent visual debugger  CDB  GDB and Symbian  Supports GCC and VC   Rapid code navigation tools Supports Windows  Linux and Mac OS X

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ddd is a graphical front-end to gdb that is pretty nice  One of the down sides is a classic X interface  but I seem to recall it being pretty intuitive

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Perhaps it is indirect to gdb  because it s an IDE   but my recommendations would be KDevelop   Being quite spoiled with Visual Studio s debugger  professionally at work for many years   I ve so far felt the most comfortable debugging in KDevelop  as hobby at home  because I could not afford Visual Studio for personal use - until Express Edition came out    It does  look something similar to  Visual Studio compared to other IDE s I ve experimented with  including Eclipse CDT  when it comes to debugging step-through  step-in  etc  placing break points is a bit awkward because I don t like to use mouse too much when coding  but it s not difficult

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ddd is a graphical front-end to gdb that is pretty nice  One of the down sides is a classic X interface  but I seem to recall it being pretty intuitive

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You may want to check out Eclipse CDT   It provides a C C   IDE that runs on multiple platforms  e g  Windows  Linux  Mac OS X  etc     Debugging with Eclipse CDT is comparable to using other tools such as Visual Studio   You can check out the Eclipse CDT Debug tutorial that also includes a number of screenshots

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ddd is a graphical front-end to gdb that is pretty nice  One of the down sides is a classic X interface  but I seem to recall it being pretty intuitive

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Qt Creator  apart from other goodies  also has a good debugger integration  for CDB  GDB and the Symnbian debugger  on all supported platforms  You don t need to use Qt to use the Qt Creator IDE  nor do you need to use QMake - it also has CMake integration  although QMake is very easy to use   You may want to use Qt Creator as the IDE to teach programming with  consider it has some good features    Very smart and advanced C   editor Project and build management tools QMake and CMake integration Integrated  context-sensitive help system Excellent visual debugger  CDB  GDB and Symbian  Supports GCC and VC   Rapid code navigation tools Supports Windows  Linux and Mac OS X

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Perhaps it is indirect to gdb  because it s an IDE   but my recommendations would be KDevelop   Being quite spoiled with Visual Studio s debugger  professionally at work for many years   I ve so far felt the most comfortable debugging in KDevelop  as hobby at home  because I could not afford Visual Studio for personal use - until Express Edition came out    It does  look something similar to  Visual Studio compared to other IDE s I ve experimented with  including Eclipse CDT  when it comes to debugging step-through  step-in  etc  placing break points is a bit awkward because I don t like to use mouse too much when coding  but it s not difficult

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Perhaps it is indirect to gdb  because it s an IDE   but my recommendations would be KDevelop   Being quite spoiled with Visual Studio s debugger  professionally at work for many years   I ve so far felt the most comfortable debugging in KDevelop  as hobby at home  because I could not afford Visual Studio for personal use - until Express Edition came out    It does  look something similar to  Visual Studio compared to other IDE s I ve experimented with  including Eclipse CDT  when it comes to debugging step-through  step-in  etc  placing break points is a bit awkward because I don t like to use mouse too much when coding  but it s not difficult

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You could try using Insight a graphical front-end for gdb written by Red Hat Or if you use GNOME desktop environment  you can also try Nemiver

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You could try using Insight a graphical front-end for gdb written by Red Hat Or if you use GNOME desktop environment  you can also try Nemiver

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You may want to check out Eclipse CDT   It provides a C C   IDE that runs on multiple platforms  e g  Windows  Linux  Mac OS X  etc     Debugging with Eclipse CDT is comparable to using other tools such as Visual Studio   You can check out the Eclipse CDT Debug tutorial that also includes a number of screenshots

User · Answer

Perhaps it is indirect to gdb  because it s an IDE   but my recommendations would be KDevelop   Being quite spoiled with Visual Studio s debugger  professionally at work for many years   I ve so far felt the most comfortable debugging in KDevelop  as hobby at home  because I could not afford Visual Studio for personal use - until Express Edition came out    It does  look something similar to  Visual Studio compared to other IDE s I ve experimented with  including Eclipse CDT  when it comes to debugging step-through  step-in  etc  placing break points is a bit awkward because I don t like to use mouse too much when coding  but it s not difficult

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You may want to check out Eclipse CDT   It provides a C C   IDE that runs on multiple platforms  e g  Windows  Linux  Mac OS X  etc     Debugging with Eclipse CDT is comparable to using other tools such as Visual Studio   You can check out the Eclipse CDT Debug tutorial that also includes a number of screenshots

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