Netbeans 6.0 and C++ on Windows

I've been doing a lot of Java development in the last two months, on Windows and for that I am using Netbeans. Well Netbeans 6.0 got released and it supports C/C++.

Here is a list of what you have to do to get a free C/C++ development environment going on Windows:

1) Download the netbeans 6.0 IDE with Java 6 JDK from here. Pick the all version if you got the bandwidth.

2) install Netbeans 6.0

3) Download MinGW32 and MSys (Minimalist Gnu on Windows) from here. Install MinGW32 to c:\mingw32 and MSys to c:\msys.

4) In Netbeans go to Tools->Options and select C/C++ tab. Then add C:\mingw32\bin and c:\msys\bin to the current path. This should give you all the tools.

Happy development.

The Perversion of the American Ideal

Never mind what Bush is doing in Washington (and for that matter to the rest of the world in the name of this nation), this is about the lyrics of one of the songs on my christmas playlist. Have you ever listened to 'Winter Wonderland':

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown

He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.

And what the heck do you think the job is ? eh ? dirty dirty dirty - and that back from 1934

Christmas Playlist

Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
Alvin & The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas T
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
Perry Como - White Christmas
The Andrew Sisters - Winter Wonderland
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
Elvis - Here Comes Santa Claus
Wham - Last Christmas
Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Diana Ros & the Supremes - Santa Claus is Coming to Town