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C, C++ NetBeans, Xcode gcc Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Today’s tutorial has come about as a consequence of Xcode and its Command Line Tools Primer Tutorial<\/a> in the sense that the installation of Xcode Command Line Tools (in earlier Xcode versions … think maybe less than 4 … “out of the box” it lived with C and C++’s great gcc compiler … have talked about this before … raved<\/a> perhaps??!!! … anyway … that went away with the later versions … but you can get it back) “closes the circle”<\/i> on the separation of C and C++, at least as far as NetBeans is concerned, so that we can use the installed Xcode Command Line Tool gcc compiler for C work and use the GNU compiler for C++ in NetBeans … cute, huh?<\/p>\n

Today’s tutorial helps in another way, in that you get a C makefile out of it. Steve Winwood sang “While You See A Chance Take It”<\/i><\/a>, and that is something apt<\/a> here. Build on something simple<\/i> and working and today’s NetBeans\/gcc makefile is for a simple Hello World<\/i> program. This is why programmer’s use Hello World<\/i> so much … it is simple … build on “simple”<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Link to downloadable NetBeans C makefile (for main.c<\/a>) configuration file you can rename to Makefile<\/a> (the parent) and its children Makefile-Debug.mk<\/a>, Makefile-impl.mk<\/a>, Makefile-Release.mk<\/a>, Makefile-variables.mk<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy this tutorial (and if necessary consult the tutorial picture<\/a> for more context) and the previous relevant C++ one called C++ Xcode OOP Exceptions Primer Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Previous relevant Xcode and its Command Line Tools Primer Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n

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Xcode and its Command Line Tools Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Xcode is a great GUI IDE application that comes with Macs “out of the box” (quite often). In the earlier versions … think maybe less than 4 … “out of the box” it lived with C and C++’s great gcc compiler … have talked about this before … raved<\/a> perhaps??!!! … anyway … that went away with the later versions … but you can get it back. Why bother? If you like to look around and do those great command line offerings like Tcl\/Tk or just plain simple C (like we do in this tutorial), as well as leaving your Xcode GUI C++ and Objective-C iOS mobile development intact, then think you should install Xcode Command Line Tools, like, yesterday, if you haven’t already.<\/p>\n

Remember at the end of the month to say “hares” as your last word and “rabbits” as the first word of the next month.<\/p>\n

Do we need to explain?<\/p>\n

Butterflies in Brazil and all … why buck what the whole world’s doing? … chortle, chortle.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this action opens a pandora’s box of possibilities with your Mac, and hope if you are in this position … you can test if you are by attempting to go gcc<\/i> at the Mac Terminal bash command line … how’s the coffee? (if PM, how’s the daquiri?)<\/p>\n

To get started, visit this stupendous link<\/a>. Then get into Xcode and go to Xcode->Preferences…->Downloads (and hopefully you see the Command Line Tools install button to press … press with both hands, either hand, while doing a triple pike, but … just … do … it!)<\/p>\n

If this was interesting you may be interested in this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n