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  A few beginner questions (compiler recs, resources, etc)  Sennet at 04:55 on Friday, September 16, 2005
 

All right, so here's the skinny. I started Computer Programming 1 in college this semester, and I (and the rest of my school) missed two weeks worth of classes due to hurricane Katrina tearing our town up pretty severely. Heck, I'm still picking pieces of tree up.

Anywho, I need help on a few things:

-In our programming lab, we use Microsoft Visual C++ .Net (I think that's right) to code things. I was wondering if someone could reccomend a freeware program that operates similarly. I've tried a few, but they're liek a lot of other freeware in the way that you have to go out of your way to make them function. Ah, the joys of working on a budget.

-As I said, we all missed two weeks. In those two weeks, I lost most of the information I had retianed from my first four classes. There are scores of C++ tutorial sites out there, and I'd like to find one that has most of the basics in one place. This hurricane has really put us out!

-Random question, but a lot of people in my class (including myself) are considering trying their hands at making simple games using C++ I was wondering if it would be conceivable to use C++ to make a text-based adventure game.

Thanks for your help and/or the time you took to read this.

  Re: A few beginner questions (compiler recs, resources, etc)  javabits at 18:57 on Friday, September 16, 2005
 

I seem to recall microsoft made their c++ compiler free.

You can download the beta of Microsoft C++ 2005 Express
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/whidbey/default.aspx

The command line version of the compiler is available also.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

If you want alternative c++ compilers you could use g++ on either a linux box or get cygwin for a windows box.

The link below actually has a good description of various free compilers available:
http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml

semper fi...

  Re: A few beginner questions (compiler recs, resources, etc)  vector at 04:32 on Saturday, September 17, 2005
 

its a nice site for c++ tutorials

www.cplusplus.com








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