Developer folder missing

I recently reinstalled my entire OS, and after having done so I noticed that my Developer folder which was located in my root directory hadn't been able to migrate over from my system back up so I have gone and downloaded XCode from the Mac App store again and installed the additional downloads. Now here id the part i don't get how come even though I redownloaded xcode the developer folder is still missing from my root directory? and if it isn't in my root directory with the file path /Developer where is it? the fact that it is missing is causing programs like CodeBlocks, CodeLite, and CodeRunner nonfunctional since all three require the use of the code libraries and compilers which had been stored within this directory. Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem?

Hello everyone, so I am having the same issue with the missing Developer folder as quantumori00 has described. I am not sure I understand how this was resolved. What exactly do I need to download and install from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/ to get the Developer folder back. My current version of XCode is 4.3.2. Thank you.

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