Use Visual C++ Compiler without the IDE

[1yR4jE8b]

I was wondering if it's possible to use Microsoft's compiler with IDE's other than Visual Studio, reason being...I don't really like Visual Studio's interface, and would much rather use it with say Eclipse or Netbeans.

Is the compiler/linker independant of Visual Studio or is it integrated with the code of the IDE to prevent what I am trying to do?

[S6k9GNh0]

Of course you can but probably not with Eclipse or Netbeans as they only support GCC. Code::Blocks however, does support the VC++ compiler of all ages.

It's not so heavily integrated that it cannot be used outside of Visual Studio.