Code::Blocks EDU-Portable Simple free C/C++ programming IDE for Windows

Code::Blocks is an open source, free, configurable programming environment for C or C++.

The Code::Blocks EDU-Portable interface, integrated help, tools and default compilation settings are all configured for ease of learning C and C++.

The EDU-Portable configuration of Code::Blocks provides easy, one-click installation as a portable application under Windows.

NOTE: Code::Blocks EDU-Portable is a Windows portable application (NT, XP, Vista, Windows 7). Other platforms not supported.
32 bit MinGW compiler included.

Features
CodeBlocks-EP is specially configured for learners of C or C++ and teaching institutions with:
– simple portable installation
– easy access to C/C++ language help (by pressing F1 while cursor is on a keyword, or via the Help menu)
– promotion of contemporary C and C++ programming language standards (C99, C++98)
– static code checking (cppcheck) and other pre-installed programming tools
– simple 2D graphics libraries (WinBGIm, GRX) – a simple 2D graph plotting library (koolplot) – conio and conio2 libraries
– 2D/3D Graphics (GLUT)
– GUI libraries (Win32, wxwidgets, FLTK)
– C/C++ style formatter (AStyle)
– automatic documentation generator (doxygen-DoxyBlocks)
– contemporary C and C++ compiler: GCC 4.4.5 Windows/unicode – 32 bit. Supports internationalisation.

Download Code::Blocks EDU-Portable

Windows Installer (setup.exe) – Version 1.1.1 – 12 March 2011: CB svn 7041, download 116 MB. Requires 669 MB on disk.
Click on the setup file and follow the instructions on screen to install.

Alternatively (silent install):

Zip (CodeBlocks-EP.zip) – Version 1.1.1 – 12 March 2011: CB svn 7041, download 185 MB. Requires 669 MB on disk.
Unzip into a directory of your choice (say C:\Program Files). It creates and unpacks to subdirectory CodeBlocks-EP.
Place a shortcut to “CbLancher.exe” (NOT to “codeblocks.exe”!) in your startup menu or launch bar.

This release contains all necessary components.
(No other downloads are needed!)

What’s new in 1.1.x:

– The latest stable Code::Blocks build (svn 7041).
– Improved editor font and syntax highlighting.
– GCC 4.4.5 (improved standards compliance).
– New and updated graphics libraries.
– Improved programming tools.
– Several new Code::Blocks plugins.
– Updated Help files

Credits
– The Code::Blocks IDE is developed and maintained by the Code::Blocks team.
– The CbLauncher program that makes CodeBlocks-EP truly portable was originally produced by Biplab (http://biplab.in) and is available for download with source code from http://CbLauncher.codecutter.org/CbLauncher_1.0.zip
– The Windows installer was produced with Inno Setup.

Licence
Code::Blocks is free and open source. It is maintained and distributed under GPL v3.0 licence. Code::Blocks EDU-Portable is distributed under the same licence.

Support
Communication about the Code::Blocks EDU-Portable distribution is currently via email to the maintainer (see page footer).
Better communication via a forum is to be arranged shortly.
The Code::Blocks team are not involved in the production of Code::Blocks EDU-Portable and assume no responsibility for it.

Known Issues
Windows 7 and New Fonts Installation:
The launcher installs a few programmer fonts, in particular Inconsolata-sq, a brilliant programmer’s fixed-width font. Many Windows 7 machines work without a problem with the standard CodeBlocks-EP install. A few Windows 7 installations (both x32 and x64) however experience issues with new font installations, even when a program installing those fonts is run in administrator mode. On these machines the launcher locks when attempting to install the programmers fonts, or Code::Blocks itself freezes when loading source code.
If you run Windows 7 and encounter this issue, until more is know about the fonts installation issue and a permanent fix is embedded in the standard installation, please access this temporary fix on the Windows 7 Special download page.

Source
Code::Blocks  EDU-Portable is a learner-oriented configuration of the Code::Blocks binary that does not involve modification of the source code.
– The Code::Blocks source is provided at http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/7 .
– Construction of the EDU-Portable distribution from source is described here.

Archives

Previous minor releases:
Windows Installer (setup_1.1.0.exe) – Version 1.1.0 – 21 February 2011: CB svn 7010, download 116 MB. Requires 670 MB on disk
Zip (Codeblocks-EP_1.1.0.zip) – Version 1.1.0 – 21 February 2011: CB svn 7010, download 186 MB. Requires 670 MB on disk.

Previous Major Release

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