http://linuxexchange.org/questions/851/where-can-i-get-a-simple-linux-ide-integrated-development-environment<p>I have an answer for this one ... wanted to share.</p> <p>The question comes up with some regularity. For me it came up because I was teaching a beginner to code in C / C++ on his Ubuntu box, but they had already been spoiled by limited exposure to a Windows IDE.</p> <blockquote> <p>You mean you have type gcc at the command line ... and then you have to type the program name to execute it? Why can't I just hit a button?</p> </blockquote> <p>The answer is that IMHO, teaching a development environment to a beginner before you teach them C makes things harder, not easier. So what you want for a beginner is something as dirt simple as possible, that does not interpose itself between them and their code.</p> <p>I attach my answer ... and am eager for other contributions.</p>enThu, 07 Nov 2013 06:28:33 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/851/where-can-i-get-a-simple-linux-ide-integrated-development-environment#3245<p>Also, taking your hand off the keyboard to find the mouse and using additional hand-eye-coordination and mental focus to click the icon takes more time and effort and is more distracting than just touch-typing "make".</p>KenJacksonThu, 07 Nov 2013 06:28:33 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/851/where-can-i-get-a-simple-linux-ide-integrated-development-environment#3245http://linuxexchange.org/questions/851/where-can-i-get-a-simple-linux-ide-integrated-development-environment/853<p>IMHO, the rookie must understand what a shell is, an ASCII file-C program and how to run gcc. This is before he attempts anything. This urge to "Why can't I just click?" irks me. Once he grasps a few basics, he will need a real IDE that can be used to throw up an X window or whatever. Skip the IDE it spoils noobs, I still don't use one........don</p>donMon, 14 Jun 2010 21:27:42 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/851/where-can-i-get-a-simple-linux-ide-integrated-development-environment/853