CLion starts 2021.2 EAP: CMake Presets, New Project Templates, Lifetimes Analysis, and Cling support

The CLion 2021.2 EAP is in full swing. In the last few weeks we’ve already presented CMake Presets support, Lifetime analysis, Cling interpreter integration, various debugger enhancements, and improvements for Docker workflow. This week, we’re giving you a massive update for the LLDB-based debugger on Windows that improves Natvis support, as well as a FreeRTOS thread view! The new build (212.4321

A new CLion 2021.2 EAP build (212.4037.2) is now available from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Note that if you are on macOS, there is a separate build for Apple Silicon (M1 chip). Please read on for more details about the changes, give them a try, and share your feedback with us! DOWNLOAD CLION 2021.2 EAP Here are the main highlights: Remote

Hi all, C++Now is generally regarded as the year’s most academic event in the C++ community. The conference hosts excellent talks from some of the most prominent experts in the community about cutting-edge C++ language features and advanced C++ skills. Participants usually come together in person for the meeting in Aspen, Colorado, US. As I once commented, “At the altitude of 2,400 meters, C++No

The CLion 2021.2 Early Access Program was recently launched. Did you manage to try out the new Load CMake Presets feature? Or did you play with Cling, an interactive C++ interpreter now supported in CLion? We really hope you managed to catch a few dangling pointers or references with the help of recently introduced Lifetimes analysis. Today we are happy to announce the second EAP build (212.3724.

Today we have Greg Law with us. In this guest blog post, Greg will share a few top tips for debugging C++ code. Greg (@gregthelaw) is the co-founder and CEO at Undo. He is a programmer at heart, but likes to keep one foot in the software world and one in the business world. Greg finds it particularly rewarding to turn innovative software technology into real business develo

This if the third and final part of our Advanced Debugger series. If you haven't seen them, do catch: "Part 1: Suspended" and "Part 2: Dynamic" As well as the earlier, "Debugging Fundamentals" video. In this video we start by looking a direct access to the GDB or LLDB terminal, as well as running commands on start-up using .gdbinit or .lldbinit, then look at attaching to external process

Nearly a year ago, our guest Nick Brook, founder at NRB Tech, explained how to use CLion for nRF52. Today, Nick is back with a new tutorial focused on using CMake-based nRF Connect SDK in CLion. Read this tutorial from Nick and give it a try with CLion! IoT consultant and founder at NRB Tech Nick founded NRB Tech in 2018 to build useful and

Following up on "Part 1: Suspended", of our Advanced Debugger series, Part 2 focuses on the dynamic part of working with breakpoints, watchpoints and setting the execution point. Because this an advanced series, we look beyond simply setting and removing breakpoints, and take a look at the different types of breakpoints we support, as well as all the options along with them. In many cases your bre

In May 2020 we ran an exciting CLion Ask Me Anything session. 2 hours, 9 speakers, 7 demos, and 140+ questions that were really inspiring and motivating for the team and hopefully useful for the attendees! This time we’d like to try another format. We invite you to join our first-ever AMA session on Reddit, in r/cpp. This Q&A session will focus on the recent 2020.3 release, our overall plans f

The CppCon conference will be taking place fully online this year. And of course the JetBrains C++ team wouldn’t dream of missing the biggest C++ community event of the year! We’ll join CppCon 2020 with a one-day virtual room hosted by CppCon over Remo on Thursday, September 17. And the great thing is that our CppCon virtual room is open to everyone! What’s in the room: 08:40–08:55 MDT (16:40–16.

Hi, We normally start September off with an announcement about our conference trip, our yearly tour of community events. This is an exclusive opportunity for us to meet our users in person, show them a tip or two on how to use our C++ tools, help them with their issues and their questions, and learn from them. 2020 has been challenging for all of us. Offline events, with their tremendous networkin

Please welcome the May edition of C++ Annotated and its companion, the No Diagnostic Required show! If you are already subscribed, feel free to skip to the news. If you are new, though, you are welcome to explore all the formats we offer. Choose to read, listen, or watch our essential digest of this month's C++ news: Read the digest published monthly on our blog (use the form on the right to

Please welcome the April edition of C++ Annotated and its companion, the No Diagnostic Required show! As you might know, we deliver this digest in a few different forms. You can choose to read, listen, or watch our essential digest of this month's C++ news: Read the digest published monthly on our blog (use the form on the right to subscribe to the whole blog). Subscribe to C++ Annotated e

It is time for our monthly C++ Annotated and its companion, the No Diagnostic Required show! As you might know, we deliver this digest in a few different forms. You can choose to read, listen, or watch our essential digest of this month's C++ news. Read the digest published monthly on our blog (use the form on the right to subscribe to the whole blog). Subscribe to C++ Annotated emails by fill

Believe it or not, but it’s already the end of February. Time is flying by this year! This also means it’s time for our monthly C++ Annotated and its companion, the No Diagnostic Required show! To bring you the best experience, we are delivering this digest in a few different forms. You can choose to read, listen, or watch our essential digest of this month's C++ news. Read the digest published

Are you interested in embedded development? In this guest blog post Nick Brook, founder at NRB Tech, shows how to use CLion for nRF52. IoT consultant and founder at NRB Tech. Nick founded NRB Tech in 2018 to build useful and sustainable IoT products through a combination of in-depth hardware, software and user experience expertise. Nordic's nRF52 seri

Wondering how to add a package to your C++ project? In this guest blog post Javier G. Sogo from JFrog shares how to start with Conan package manager in CLion. Javier G. Sogo @jgsogo Software Engineer at JFrog After several years of C++ development, I moved to Python to learn the best practices and tools. Now I’m back building Conan, the C/C++ package manager. Writing a C++ p