Biplab March 26th, 2007
Hi Everybody,
In this article I’ll discuss on how to install Code::Blocks Nightly on Windows. Most of the Code::Blocks (C::B) users start downloading Code::Blocks RC2, which was the last stable release. But RC2 is very old, around one and half years old. A lot of changes were made to the core and that is one of the reasons of not releasing another stable release within this period.
First download a latest nightly from the following forum. Go to that forum and you’ll find a number of posts. Read the most recent release announcement.
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/board,20.0.html
Code::Blocks nightly release file name will be in the following format. Generally you’ll find a file named CB_YYYYMMDD_revXXXX_win32.7z, where ‘X’ denotes revision number. Download this file.
Now extract the contents of this file to a folder. Please remember the following two points.
- Do not overwrite the contents of an existing Nightly or an older RC2 release installation directory contents. This may land you into troubles. There are major differences between RC2 core and latest Nightly core and they are incompatible with each other. If you overwrite an existing nightly,C::B may refuse to run if there is any changes made to the core and some plugins may fail.
- Before installing any C::B nightly, please remove older RC2 installation. Because the older RC2 created configuration files will conflict with newer ones.
Now Code::Blocks needs another two files to run. Both the files are also posted with each nightly releases. One file is wxWidgets runtime dll and the second one is MinGW runtime dll file. Download them and extract to the folder where codeblocks.exe file resides. These runtime files can be downloaded from the following link.
Your Code::Blocks nightly is now installed!!
If you still have any questions, please feel free to ask me. 
Biplab March 18th, 2007
Hello Everybody,
A post after a long gap. Actually got bit busy with studies and bug-fixing. After fixing a number of bugs Code::Blocks (by the whole team) I finally decided to write this about the newer features that we’ve added.
So the first question that may come to your mind is why I’m saying switch to “Newer & Better” Code::Blocks??
Most of the users start downloading the Code::Blocks RC2 which is about 1.5 yrs old. But it has undergone a large number of changes in core and that is one of the reasons it’s now offered as Nightly Releases.
The latest change is actually a Performance Boost. Earlier there were a large number of complaints that Code::Blocks is a resource hog in some machines. It was a long pending issue. Finally we’ve fixed this issue in Revision 3676.
Now newer Code::Blocks actually consumes at least 6-8 times less CPU power!! Can’t believe it? Try a newer Nightly and you’ll come to know. So your favourite IDE has just got better.
So it’s my humble request to everyone who is using Code::Blocks Nightly of Revision lesser than 3676 to upgrade to a newer Nightly immediately. Download link are available in Blogroll section of this blog on the right side of this page.
Any more updates? Yes, there are many. We’ve fixed a bunch of bugs. We’re currently doing some modifications to it’s core, wxSmith has got better and more. At the time of writing revision 3718 is out. Please try it out.
Biplab March 7th, 2007
Hello Everybody,
This week I’m posting wxWidgets Wizard update alongwith a number of other feature improvements that has been added in Code::Blocks.
A number of users had complained about the support of OpenWatcom in Code::Blocks. The support was there but it was broken as it was written quite a while ago. Thus I rewrote some of the parts to improve the support. Now it has been tested with OpenWatcom 1.6 and found to be working perfectly with different types of projects.
After improving OpenWatcom support the goal was set to make the wxWidgets Wizard compatible with OpenWatcom. It has been updated to work with latest OpenWatcom release. I’ve personally tested it with OpenWatcom 1.6 and found to be working perfectly. OpenWatcom support for wxWidgets Wizard has been added in Revision 3660.
Till date if anyone wishes to develop wxWidgets based application with OpenWatcom makefile was the only option. Latest Nightlies of Code::Blocks have changed the equation. The OpenWatcom support is also available in 3rd-Party GUI builder integration part of wxWidgets Wizard.
One feature is presently lacking in OpenWatcom support in wizard. It does not support PCH files. But soon this limitation will be resolved.
Another interesting feature addition to wizard is support for wxSmith, the default GUI builder in Code::Blocks. I’m thankful to Byo for his support making the integration possible.
I hope you’ll all find the latest changes more interesting and useful.
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