Carbide.c++ v2.WOW

In case you have not heard the news, Carbide just got a bit faster. And if you work with very (very) large projects, then Carbide just got a whole lot faster!

Carbide.c++ v2.1 (or 2.WOW) has several improvements and most notable are in the area of performance. We focused on improving performance in a few typical uses and we hope that you will notice the difference.

In the following case, we benchmarked a project that imports EUSER. In earlier version of Carbide it would take several minutes (8.5 minutes in our tests) to import the project. The basic problems are (a) to root directory was calculated too high which resulted in (b) bringing way too many files into Carbide which also needed indexed. Carbide now selects a better root directory – less files to import, and faster importing times. We also make some additional changes under the hood. The result – for EUSER – rather significant results:

Other improvements besides importing.

• Indexing – due to smarter placement of the project root
• Executable View – when debugging, the IDE would get sluggish because EV was refreshing frequently. IDE should be more responsive when debugging.
• Changes to project settings, bld.inf files, re-opening workspace. You should notice a snappier response when changing workspaces or re-opening your workspace. The previous versions were refreshing too frequently.

You can get Carbide.c++ v2.WOW at the following retailers:

Symbian Foundation. Download the ADT (or PDT) v 1 product which contains Carbide v2.0.4. Inside of Carbide, UPDATE your product using the Update Manager (From Carbide, click Help – Software Updates).

Nokia Internal – SymSEE 10.2 (Available Aug 27) or visit the Carbide wiki page at http://s60wiki.nokia.com/S60Wiki/Carbide_Rollout and click on Beta Tester link (This link works only inside Nokia networks)