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CNET: CodeWarrior for Linux, Professional 6.0

CNET looks at the venerable Code Warrior IDE:

“At certain points, CodeWarrior’s X interface performed
erratically; typed text sometimes appeared in a spot other than
next to the blinking prompt. However, such glitches were fairly
rare, more minor inconveniences than showstoppers. The product
includes a built-in text editor for editing program files, and
while we would have preferred to use emacs, we found the built-in
editor very flexible.

However, we were disappointed with CodeWarrior’s Makefile Import
wizard, which reads a makefile generated by another application and
automatically converts it into a CodeWarrior project. This feature
could potentially save hours of re-creating existing projects in
CodeWarrior. Unfortunately, we found during testing that the wizard
could successfully migrate only small makefiles–larger or more
complex makefiles, especially those involving projects within
subdirectories, wouldn’t migrate at all or caused the CodeWarrior
IDE to crash.

CodeWarrior is a terrific product for any application developer
looking for a Visual Studio-like IDE for a Linux environment.
Developers in the Microsoft arena who want a similarly robust
development environment for Linux should seriously consider
purchasing this product. CodeWarrior is listed at $149 but is
widely available for less.”

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