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Creating computer software

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Ryder401

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I am really interested in creating some basic software of my own, what is the best format (such as C++) to start looking into??
 
http://www.cplusplus.com/ has great tutorials for C++.

You can start by getting a compiler, a program that converts your code to an executable.
I think http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/ is a good starting point. Visual C++ 2005 Express. While not optimized to the fullest, it's free and has an awesome GUI. There is also the Visual Studio 2003 C++ Toolkit, also free, which is fully optimized, but comes with a command-line only interface. Attached is practically the most basic form of a program in C++.

For anything Windows-related, the MSDN Library (http://msdn.microsoft.com/) is an indispensable resource.
 
Originally posted by: Ryder401
Will this be all I need to get started?

How much better would this be???
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As a beginner, the express version should be more than enough.
After you feel comfortable with it, and you would like to switch to a different IDE, then go ahead.
 
It depends what you want to do. I would start with Java. It is easier than C++ and it is free. You can get the sdk including complier Here and Eclipse is a good IDE (integrated developer environment) for it.

You can get a C++ plugin for eclipse and get a free C++ compiler for it, so I don't think there's much point in spending money on visual studio.
 
I would start with C#, not C++. Similar syntax, but it's easier to do graphical stuff I think.
 
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