#1 most frequent
United States of America
41.5%59 installations of 142
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Who Buys & Uses CLion
#2 most frequent
Germany
16.9%24 installations of 142
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
7.0%10 installations of 142
The smartest, most intuitive, and user-friendly C++ IDE
Pros
- User-friendly UI
- Supports VIM for fast coding
- Smart code completion
- Cross-platform support
- Split-windows feature
- Supports both C and C++
- Provides free student license
Cons
- Doesn't feature built-in compiler
- Compiler installation can be tricky for beginners
- Makefiles support is poorly developed
Return on Investment
- Very intuitive UI for students to understand
- Code completion helps students to write less and learn more.
- Students can understand compiler errors easily.
- Debugger helps us in identifying code errors and shows suggestions accordingly.
- CLion has enabled us to save $36000+ in licensing with its free student licenses.
Alternatives Considered
Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Other Software Used
Comindware Tracker, Google Authenticator, IntelliJ IDEA
High mobility and good debugging features for software development with a huge community support
Pros
- Software development
- IDE
Cons
- Committing and pushing to git takes a lot of time.
- Spell check sometimes give funny results, indicating wrong places for parentheses.
Return on Investment
- Better, faster debugging with quicker delivery of software.
- Its mobility and speed resulted in better cross-platform development process and faster delivery.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio IDE
Other Software Used
Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, PyCharm, Visual Studio IDE, TeamViewer
CLion offers a great IDE with professional-quality support at a price any budget can afford.
Pros
- Low cost.
- Part of the JetBrains system of developer tools, a toolset that is widely respected in software development.
- Supports multiple languages--not just C and C++.
- Easy to learn and adapt to when coming for other IDE's.
Cons
- JetBrains, the company that created and maintains CLion, is located primarily in Russia. While that doesn't concern me it does create worries for some people.
- No real cons. The product is great and the support is equally excellent.
Return on Investment
- CLion is so inexpensive compared with our "standard" IDE that it's hard not to see a better return on investment outside in our exploratory efforts.
- The learning curve is very shallow. A veteran developer can be working in CLion in minutes. A student or fresh hire with little development experience can adapt and become productive quickly as well.
- When combined with other JetBrains offerings, it's a great tool that is worth using, especially when budgets are tight and expectations high.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Visual Studio IDE and Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Other Software Used
Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS)
CLion - the best IDE for you
Pros
- Built-in CMake support.
- Unit testing.
- Code documentation.
Cons
- CLion only runs on 64bit systems
Return on Investment
- CLion helped us to speed up our development.
- Version control support reduced many problems like merge conflicts.
Alternatives Considered
Eclipse
Other Software Used
IntelliJ IDEA, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Evernote, OneNote, OneDrive
