
It will be up to you to install those libraries on your local PC.
More advanced classes may require you to additional code libraries in your programming assignments. If your operating system is different than the one used by the instructor, your compiled code may behave differently for you than it does for your instructor. It’s possible that code that compiles on your PC will not compile for the instructor, or vice versa. If your compiler is a different version than the one used by the instructor, you may sometimes get very different results. You are responsible for keeping your local copy of the compiler up-to-date. There’s lots of software to install on your PC, taking up a good chunk of your hard drive. If your PC is slow, your tools will be sluggish. You don’t need a good Internet connection. If you have a good PC, this is fast and responsive. Installing your own copy of a C++ compiler is slightly more complicated, but not terribly so. Among other things, this allows students to work while offline.īoth Eclipse and VSCode can be easily installed on your own PC.
Although that is a perfectly good option for most coursework, many students prefer to do local development, where the compiler and IDE reside on their own PC. We have previously looked at options for developing code remotely, where the compiler and/or the IDE ran on a remote machine. 1.2 For students with MacOS PCs 1 Local Development