2. Build System/Toolchain
A toolchain is software that is used by developers to write, compile, and debug code. The major components of a toolchain are the editor, the compiler, and the debugger. Ask an experienced developer to name his or her preferred set of tools, and you are certain to get a quick, and likely passionate, response. To be sure, preferences vary and certainly, one cannot expect a developer’s favorite setup to be available on all the other platforms your project must support. (It’s going to be a very long time before Visual C++ is ported to Linux, I can promise you, although there was a [short] time that it was actually available for Solaris.) And if available, they may not be the best possible choice.
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