Using Applescript to run c++ programs in Textwrangler

[davidcox95]

Hello everyone!

I downloaded textwrangler because I wanted a lightweight development environment that supports Java and C++. I was able to get writing java programs pretty quickly because I found an applescript which allows you to compile and run the current java program. But, when trying to find a script which would help me to compile and execute c++ code I could not find anything. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? I really do not feel like rewriting the commands in terminal that compile and execute my code and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[writetonsharma]

read about makefiles. They will make your task a lot easier. These files have rules one how to compile a set of source code files into a executable.

In case you have many files, you would like to automate the creation of makefiles too?? right ?? read about GNU autotools (autoconf, automake etc). Look for a small tutorial which will create a makefile out of autotools.

[davidcox95]

Thanks for the guidance, I'll check it out!