--- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > peternilsson42 wrote: > > Using an IDE is usually much simpler than constructing > > the makefile yourself. > > I second the IDE. That and the IDE (assuming it is halfway decent) > makes debugging code a zillion times easier. > > A good IDE will automagically manage dependencies to keep builds to a > minimum - no makefile needed.
It can still be useful to have a makefile - where I work engineers have to be able to rebuild some of the in-house utilities we use themselves (in Linux). It's much easier to be able to type 'make' than load up an IDE (which they might not be using for code development) and find the 'build' button/option. Also, building a utility is often part of a test script, where again it is more practical to use a makefile. John
