Swedishguy
Deity
Help me, I'm a newb. My parents told me to learn how to program stuff this summer, but I don't know how to get C++. Is it downloadable? Any help would be appreciable. Thanks.
How do I get C++?
- Thread starter Swedishguy
- Start date
To "get" C++ you need a C++ compiler which includes the stuff needed to create programs.
I'd recommend Dev C++, a free IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that includes both a compiler and an editor in which you write your code.
Then start with a tutorial like: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
I'd recommend Dev C++, a free IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that includes both a compiler and an editor in which you write your code.
Then start with a tutorial like: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
Swedishguy
Deity
Thanks! I really appreciate it.
felagund
Chieftain
Jamesds
Great Scientist
Hehe, why do they want you to program? Taking a computing course at college/uni or something? 
C/C++ were the first languages I learned when I was.....12-13 I think. I didn't find them very good to learn though. Maybe you will be different. I found that to progress from Visual Basic to Java was much better, and knowing Java, I am able to make the transition C++ much easier since they are so similar (Java is based upon C++). If this is your first time programming, I would highly recommend you learn something else!
I would also recommend the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express suite, which contains IDEs for Visual Basic, C++, C#, J# (basically Java) and web development languages. You'll find them here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/. They are easy to use, and very informative.
C/C++ were the first languages I learned when I was.....12-13 I think. I didn't find them very good to learn though. Maybe you will be different. I found that to progress from Visual Basic to Java was much better, and knowing Java, I am able to make the transition C++ much easier since they are so similar (Java is based upon C++). If this is your first time programming, I would highly recommend you learn something else!
I would also recommend the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express suite, which contains IDEs for Visual Basic, C++, C#, J# (basically Java) and web development languages. You'll find them here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/. They are easy to use, and very informative.
Asher
Warlord
Make sure you read the C++ ISO Standards, front to back. You have to have it memorized!
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Ha, ha, good joke about remembering the standard.
If you really wamt to learn C++, and I don't recommend it for beginners, I'd get Visual Studio express too, the IDE is better than DevC++ so I hear.
A better language to learn would be Python.
Or you could skip all the easy stuff and learn some Intercal.
If you really wamt to learn C++, and I don't recommend it for beginners, I'd get Visual Studio express too, the IDE is better than DevC++ so I hear.
A better language to learn would be Python.
Or you could skip all the easy stuff and learn some Intercal.
ArmOrAttAk
Warlord
I recommend you begin using Linux if you want to learn programming. Fedora is a nice distribution to start with and it comes with c, c++, python, perl, assembly compilers, and probably more that I'm unaware of.
Also read 'The C Programming Language' you can check it out from the library. There you have it, all free. Please disregard those proprietary suggestions.
Also read 'The C Programming Language' you can check it out from the library. There you have it, all free. Please disregard those proprietary suggestions.
History_Buff
Deity
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2001
- Messages
- 6,529
I hate Visual Studio, with a passion. For anything simple, DevC++ is much easier and conveniant to use.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
Good programmers don't memorize, they understand fundamentals.
Syntax and functions can always be looked up.
Till
Adventurer
Meh, give me UltraEdit any day.Why, vi and emacs of course!
For any remotely complicated projects, though, Visual Studio is a godsend. If they're still offering the Express version for free, I'd definetly grab it.
Asher
Warlord
Good programmers not only understand syntax, but write standards-compliant code (which is above and beyond fundamentals).
Good software engineers and software developers understand fundamentals as well.
It's the hierarchy.
You've got your Indian codemonkeys/DeVry grads at the bottom which memorize syntax and don't know the fundamentals.
You've got your dime-a-dozen university grads in the middle which know the fundamentals but write awful code.
And then you've got the true software engineers at the top which know the fundamentals and the standards, and write great code.
Jamesds
Great Scientist
warpus said:
Yeah, programming languages have too much for one to memorize completely (especially if you must be knowledgable in several), so as long as you understand the language fundamentals, you can apply the rest easily by looking it up.
Speedo said:
Yes, it really is great even for my simple projects. And yeah, it is still free - I think it will continue to be, I don't see any "limited offer" messages anywhere...
I strongly agree with this. I learnt C, but found I couldn't quite get the hang of object oriented programming with C++. But then I learned Java, which was easy to understand, and suddeny C++ made sense.
Similar threads
