Overview#

The Eclipse CDT provides the C/C++ development environment for Momentics. It has the following features:

• Project Explorer for finding files in projects
• C/C++ Editor
  • with keyword and identifier coloring and bracket matching
  • Associated Outline view for navigating quickly to functions in a file
• Source code indexer that facilitates:
  • Content assist in the editor
  • Identifier declaration and reference searching
  • Call hierarchy, type hierarchy, and include hierarchy views
• Automated build system
  • For creating executables and shared and static libraries
  • Can also build based on user provided makefiles
  • Error parsers for mapping build errors to locations in source files
• Debug session visualization
  • Provides views for variables, registers, memory, and modules
  • Provides view of threads and stack frames while session suspended
  • Navigation from stack frames to source in editor
  • Breakpoints on source lines and functions

The CDT is developed by a number of vendors as part of the Eclipse open source project. The CDT sub-project is lead by QNX's Doug Schaefer.

Resources#

• CDT Web Site
• Blog: Doug on the Eclipse CDT
• Webinar: CDT 4.0 - Reaching for Uberness
• Whitepaper: Getting the Most out of Eclipse CDT