<s>
Code::Blocks	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
IDE	B-Application
that	O
supports	O
multiple	O
compilers	B-Language
including	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
Clang	B-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
as	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
is	O
oriented	O
towards	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
custom	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
optional	O
Make	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code::Blocks	B-Language
is	O
being	O
developed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
binary	O
provided	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
is	O
13.12	O
released	O
on	O
2013/12/26	O
(	O
compatible	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
10.6	O
and	O
later	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
more	O
recent	O
versions	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	B-Language
and	O
MacPorts	O
supplies	O
version	O
17.12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
nightly	O
builds	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
SVN	B-Application
version	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
daily	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
versioning	O
scheme	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
the	O
major	O
and	O
minor	O
number	O
representing	O
the	O
year	O
and	O
month	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
critical	O
software	O
vulnerability	O
was	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
IDE	B-Application
v17.12	O
,	O
identified	O
by	O
CVE-2020-10814	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jennic	O
Limited	O
distributes	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
customized	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
its	O
microcontrollers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code::Blocks	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
including	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
MinGW	B-Application
,	O
Digital	B-Language
Mars	I-Language
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
Borland	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
LLVM	B-Application
Clang	I-Application
,	O
Watcom	B-Application
,	O
LCC	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Intel	B-Language
C++	I-Language
compiler	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
there	O
is	O
some	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
D	B-Application
.	O
A	O
plug-in	O
system	O
is	O
included	O
to	O
support	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
features	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
(	O
through	O
its	O
Scintilla	B-Language
editor	O
component	O
)	O
,	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
completion	O
,	O
class	O
browser	O
,	O
a	O
hex	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
many	O
other	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
debugger	O
has	O
full	O
breakpoint	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
debug	O
their	O
program	O
by	O
having	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
local	O
function	O
symbol	O
and	O
argument	O
display	O
,	O
user-defined	O
watches	O
,	O
call	O
stack	O
,	O
disassembly	O
,	O
custom	O
memory	O
dump	O
,	O
thread	O
switching	O
,	O
CPU	B-Device
registers	O
and	O
GNU	B-Language
Debugger	I-Language
Interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
13.12	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
designer	O
called	O
wxSmith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
derivative	O
port	O
of	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
version	O
2.9.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	B-Application
a	O
complete	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
application	O
,	O
the	O
appropriate	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
SDK	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
Code::Blocks	B-Language
features	O
are	O
targeted	O
at	O
users	O
migrating	O
from	O
other	O
IDE	B-Application
's	O
-	O
these	O
include	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
project	O
import	O
(	O
MSVC	B-Application
7	O
&	O
10	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
Devpak	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code::Blocks	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
custom	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
which	O
stores	O
its	O
information	O
in	O
XML-based	O
project	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
optionally	O
use	O
external	O
makefiles	O
,	O
which	O
simplifies	O
interfacing	O
with	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
GNU	O
or	O
qmake	B-Language
build	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
