I am a student and i want to learn C++ but there are so many different programs. What program should i use? Co

I see visual studio proffesional,visual studio standard.visual studio.net and visual studio 6.0

I am a student and i want to learn C++ but there are so many different programs. What program should i use? Co
You should check out dev c++ a free compiler and a bit of an IDE. Their URL is http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html doownload version 4 or 5 and you'll be on your way. The syntax from this compiler compared to visual studios is very similar. So finding code will be easy because you can use visual studios code. If you don't already know of planet source code you should check it out at planetsourcecode.com. It's a free code site.
Reply:go for visual studio .net if u want a choice among thelist u mentioned


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go for :http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html
Reply:"I am a student and i want to learn C++ but there are so many different programs."


You want a compiler and an IDE. A compiler is used to convert your program into something the computer understands. An IDE is your development environment, where you write the code and have it compiled.





There's two major compilers. The first is GCC, the second is Microsoft Visual C++. GCC is free, Visual C++ costs money. However, Microsoft released a scaled down version called Visual C++ Express for free.





Gcc runs on linux, but there's a version for windows called MinGW.


Link to download page: http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml


Direct link to download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-5....





With Visual C++, you want the latest version. It's called Visual C++ .NET. You can either purchase Visual Studio .NET 2005, and you'll get Visual C++ with it. Or get the express edition.


Link to download page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expres...





Now you want an IDE. Visual Studio is the IDE for Visual C++. If you have the express edition, you have a scaled down IDE that comes with it.





Or you can get either Code::Blocks or wxDev-C++. They work with both MinGW and Visual C++.


Code Blocks: http://www.codeblocks.org/


wxDev-C++: http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/