Best C/C++ IDE (CLion vs VSCode)

If you are wondering which IDE to use for your C and C++ development, this video is for you. Jetbrains CLion is an advanced IDE with paid subscription license while Microsoft VSCode is a light code editor that supports C and C++ via extensions. Happy programming!

[davidbadalyan]

in the beginning, I was using neither of these. I used Visual studio, and I think it is more popular than VS code for C/C++ developers. But I knew about JetBrains cuz I also used PyCharm and InteliJ IDEA. I thought they were very very good and I'm still sticking with the decision to use CLion

[epessoarocha]

Excellent review. I'll try to get a non paid licence because I'm studying chemistry at college. Hope they allow me to apply that. Thanks!!

[arshiaaghaei]

The reason CLion is a huge memory/CPU hog is because of clangd mostly
Now you might say VSCode uses clangd too (if the extension is installed) and doesn't eat resources as much.
I've come to the conclusion that CLion seems to use more clangd features than the VSCode extension.
But yeah it being paid might turn some people off and that's understandable.

[patlecat]

Obviously a dedicated IDE will always be better in terms of productivity and smooth operations over an editor.

[m-vendor]

How can you compare IDE with a Text editor? XD

[fagyu]

I've been trying to set up vscode for days tho and I just couldn't the debugger just won't work the way every tutorial said it should it's so annoying I did everything step by step by for some reason the launch config is different

[TheGrimtraveller]

On the Windows platform, no one in the industry uses VS Code for production C++ - we use Visual Studio...

[reiniergarcia]

VS Code is not even an IDE, so the comparison is dumb. CLion is an IDE & Visual Studio is an IDE, but VS Code is not.

[dasstraat]

CLION looks nice, but is a monster to configure and start using. After a month trial, we just give up and decided not to pay for this expensive tooling. Sorry. Next to this, it looks more suitable for smaller projects with lower demands. The project is just not finished yet. Jetbrain is earning a lot of money for a simple editor.

[edinetgrunhed]

jetbrains products never fail ever since

[xemptyxempty]

VSC is cool for beginner and small projects . This editor can't handle big projects, files. On JB-IDE ( in my case ) i don't have any issues with performance and i can handle very big files on battery laptop without any performance drop. So JB-IDE > Vim > VSC .

[Wizatek]

Maybe for multi platform development, but on Windows, nothing beats Visual Studio for C++

[cernejr]

You did not cover debugging. Many professional developers develop using their favorite (usually light-weight) editor, and use an IDE only for debugging.

[timhsu]

I usually use vscode and do customization on workflow first before I start a big project.
CLion does has some great features but it is shipping too many things I don't need as well.
And Jetbrain UI is disturbing sometimes for me. Code snippet is not that important for experienced developers.
btw, vscode has most mature integrated terminal.

[MarquisDeSang]

This video is lying, C-Lion is perpetual (subscription with fallback perpertual)

[catklyst]

Who the hell does real c++ dev work on a laptop on a battery? Great review otherwise.

[patlecat]

Comparing apples with prunes is kinda pointless. A code editor is obviously not an IDE and vice versa. *facepalm*