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Which IDE/Editor is best for Competitive Programming?
By pratikpjain.15, history, 13 months ago, In English

Hi guys, I currently use sublime text for competitive programming. Can you guys comment which IDE(/editor) gave you best experience for doing competitive programming;) ?

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13 months ago, # |
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vscode + cph + #define debug(x) cerr << (#x) << " " << (x) << endl = not bad

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13 months ago, # |
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notepad

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13 months ago, # |
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I really like Microsoft Visual Studio, but sadly it is available only on windows. I use CodeLite now. It is pretty ok

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    wait, what? I use Visual Studio on Linux :/

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      Visual studio code != Microsoft visual studio

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    Microsoft Visual Studio is heavy I think its for building projects not for CP

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13 months ago, # |
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I am using sublime text too!

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13 months ago, # |
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I don't think it matters.

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13 months ago, # |
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i like using Vim it works great for me

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i dont mean to be rude or anything, but theres literally a similar blog in recent blogs. So what was the need for this.

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13 months ago, # |
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CLion

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    Yeah its nice. But we have to purchase license for long use.

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      clion is for sure the best editor

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      It can be hacked. My brother hacked it and is using it. But there is one drawback: it uses a lot of RAM.

      But it is very convenient!

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        dude i just change the account every one month and that's it life is easy

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          you can also get a free license, you just need an email address in the domain of your educational institution

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13 months ago, # |
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Brains and eyes

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13 months ago, # |
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IDE doesn’t matter.I think Fingers(code writing speed) is enough.

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    What should be a good enough code writing speed according to you?

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      60 WPM. Your typing speed is often bottlenecked by your thinking speed.

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It really doesn't matter. Sublime text is a good choice and many programmers use it. But I go with vim because I love its shortcuts and simplicity.

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13 months ago, # |
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https://cpeditor.org/download/

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13 months ago, # |
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Honestly ranking from my experience:

  1. Sublime Text (Best)
  2. Codeblocks (Better)
  3. Visual Studio Code (Good)
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13 months ago, # |
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Use :

  1. Sublime

  2. VScode — copilot Benefits :)

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13 months ago, # |
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vim ofc

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13 months ago, # |
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Try cp editor

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Does that help if I make a video analyzing different IDE/Editors?

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google docs

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why not just use https://typeracer.com ?

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Clion is great for C++/C and I highly recommend it.

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vs code and gvim.

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I use Vim and a bash command line

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    Can you write more about your setup?

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      I live in the terminal, I just use plain Vim and basic GNU coreutils, there is really not much to it. I can go through my constest routine if you like though.

      Contest starts, create a new directory and copy the template.

      mkdir contest
cd contest
for f in {a,b,c,d,e,f}.cpp; do cp ../template.cpp $f; done

      Then I read problem A and start implementing

      vim a.cpp

      My .vimrc (Vim configuration file) is quite minimal. It's just this plus a custom color theme (solarized):

      set mouse=a
set number
set relativenumber
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set noexpandtab
set smartindent
set autoindent
set foldmethod=syntax
set breakindent
set linebreak
noremap <UP>    :resize +1<CR>
noremap <DOWN>  :resize -1<CR>
noremap <RIGHT> :vertical resize +1<CR>
noremap <LEFT>  :vertical resize -1<CR>

      After exiting Vim, I copy each sample test case into a file

      cat > a1.in

      This brings up a program that will write anything I type into a1.in. After copying a sample test case into my clipboard I press ctrl+shift+V to paste and ctrl+D to exit.

      After this I just compile and run each sample:

      make a
./a < a1.in

      I have this environment variable set on my .bashrc that make uses to know which flags to use to compile cpp files:

      export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++20 -Wall -Wconversion -Wshadow"

      If the program crashes I then re-compile and run using address sanitizer, that gives nice additional information when invalid memory accesses happen. (e.g. line number of the invalid access and line number where the most likely intended target of the access was allocated)

      rm a
make a CXXFLAGS+='-fsanitize=address -g'
./a < a1.in

      Hope this helps, but I don't see how it could help

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vscode + CPv2 environment :)

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Geanie when giving onsite contests. Usually onsite contests don't allow extensions on sublime and vscode :(

Sublime + Fast Olympic

or

Vscode + CPv2 environment

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13 months ago, # |
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Lazyvim :)

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13 months ago, # |
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Real men write on paper.

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I used to use Emacs, from 10 years ago till 5 years ago. I switched to Sublime Text then. Then I switched to CLion 3 years ago. I recommend CLion.

  • Sharp bug-catching during coding.
  • Bundled GDB. Easy debugging.
  • Write CMake once and use it every time.
  • Free for students.

It's slower than VIM, Emacs, and Sublime, but it's worth it.

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7 months ago, # |
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geany ide is good to

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7 months ago, # |
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why has no one said usaco ide? its very good and its on the web, so easy switch between codeforces tab and usaco ide tab

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7 months ago, # |
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Maybe you should try Ideone.com. It's really famous among Codeforcers.

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5 months ago, # |
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VSCode + Vim(For Linux) :)

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5 months ago, # |
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Word

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