Tips & Tricks

This is the second blog post in the series dedicated to Data Flow Analysis (DFA) and its implementation in CLion. Read the first part here: Striving For Better C++ Code, Part I: Data Flow Analysis Basics Striving For Better C++ Code, Part II: Function Summaries to Speed Up the Data Flow Analysi…

CLion comes with a built-in data flow analyzer, which runs constantly when you are writing your code and helps improve your code’s quality. It can reveal various code problems that might later lead to runtime issues, security breaches, and other vulnerabilities. Examples of these useful checks are c…

Brush up your knowledge of essential IDE functionality easily by using the brand-new IDE Features Trainer.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new version of the Conan CLion Plugin, now compatible with the 2.X versions of Conan.

The top major C++ pain points have remained unchanged in recent years. How can a modern IDE help address these pain points?

CLion 2023.1 brought the ability to explore assembly code even when the source code is available. A new Disassemble action has been added to improve your debugging experience, help you catch issues, and eliminate inefficiencies in the code. When debugging C or C++ code in CLion, you can explore th…

CLion’s initial support for vcpkg includes a vcpkg tool window, assistance with installing and updating packages, and quick-fixes for missing packages.

In this video, we show how to use CLion together with a PEmicro Multilink debug probe in order to develop on an ARM-based microcontroller.

CLion is an IDE that offers a lot of features to help developers. It shows documentation popups, detects mistakes on the fly, suggests fixes, and more. An internal code analyzer always works in the background, analyzing C and C++ code as you type. C and C++ are challenging languages for automatic an…

On July 25, 2022, the ISO C++ committee (also known as WG21) met via Zoom for a virtual plenary session. This plenary session was remarkable for two reasons. First, this was our last virtual meeting before we finally return to meeting in-person – the next meeting is scheduled for November 2022 in Ko…

Have you ever tried optimizing C++ app times? We tested link-time optimization (LTO), profile-guided optimization (PGO), and Unity (Jumbo) builds.

In this video, we show how CLion’s parameter hints and type hints help with reading and understanding C++ code, using a practical example. Parameter hints give the developer useful additional information about function calls, while type hints show deduced types in many different contexts. We show th…