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Now lets start gearing you up. Let's start this slowly. First I am going to assume you have a desk, chair, electricity, and a computer with at LEAST 100 megs of hard drive space free and at LEAST 16 megs of ram. Sorry about the yelling, but if you have less than those amounts, may the Microsoft have mercy on your soul. Now you need a compiler. There are several good compilers out there. You have the Borland Turbo C++ compiler which I recommend for its speed, usability, debugger and the fact that it is the most popular one at most Universities. There is also the Visual C++ compiler by Microsoft. Here at the University, we have had the chance to use it. It is slow, flashy, hard to compile and makes debugging as much fun as having a kidney removed. There are other compilers like Watcom's, but I don't have any experience with them, thus I can't really help you if you have any problems with it. There are also free compilers floating around the net. If any one finds one, please e-mail me a link so I can tell everyone else where it is. Once you have a compiler, use the instructions to install the sucker. Don't worry. It is SUPPOSE to take a while to install. Look around, change the ENVIRONMENT options so it looks pleasing to the eye. Make sure the colors don't give you eye strain because we are about to enter the mighty C++ language. Sometimes you will stare at your program for hours before going," What's an 'if than loop'?" Don't worry if that's not funny. Here's what mine looks like:
I am not saying programming won't be hard, but I will make it as painless as possible. Now let's start learning! |
