Basic Getting Started Tools with C++

[towcar]

Ooh thats very helpful, I think i'm first going to find a step by step guide book since I'm honestly that bad scripting though I understand code, Im used to a more simple angle. lol Also said above about getting a debugger, couldn't I also get that as a seperate program? Then have it run through all my C++ files?

[Jackolantern]

I am sure there is a free stand-alone debugger out there, but I am not aware of any. Honestly, if you begin using a full-features IDE, it is very hard to go back to using more simple tools. If you get an IDE that will complete your code while you are still writing it, tell you about errors before you even compile, and warn you of about a thousand other small errors, it is hard to go back to just a notepad

[hallsofvallhalla]

why not use Visual Studio 2008? Its friggn awesome and free!

[Raven67854]

Visual Studio 2008 isn't free halls it's $800. Students can get it for free though . But you have to pay hahahahaha .

[Jackolantern]

I think he meant Visual Studio 2008 Express And yeah, I am not sure why anyone would want to subject themselves to using notepad when VS Express is available, and all the other open-source goodness.

[Raven67854]

I like notepad++ its very awesome. But yeah Visual Studio is a very nice IDE.

[Jackolantern]

Notepad++ is my minimum requirement for coding. My only problem with it is that you are still working with a "code, compile, broken, re-code, re-compile, something else is broken" debugging cycle. I have not used it in a very long time, but last time I did use it, it had no debugging capabilities, which can really slow down development.

[Raven67854]

Well its pretty much just notepad with syntax highlighting. But even I will admit I am spoiled by IDE's like codeblocks and visual studio.

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, I think I am really too spoiled to go back. Hell, even near my beginnings of coding in GWBASIC and QBASIC, I had a nifty little IDE to work in

[hallsofvallhalla]

sorry yes i meant express, which is what i use and its hella good.