C++ Introduction

How to Set Up C++ Development Environment on Windows

If you are using older versions of Windows and 32 bit machines consider installation of Dev-C++ from official bloodshed.net. Their C++ IDE supports Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP. As they state on their site: "Millions of developers, students and researchers use Dev-C++ since the first version was released in 1998."

For Windows 10 machines our best bet will be to grab Code::Block which is "Free C/C++ and Fortran IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable."

In tutorials on this site and in corresponding YouTube playlist we will use Code::Block. It's easy to use.

Go to official Code::Block site and grab setup files for system you have.

Install Code::Block and in next tutorial we will run our first simple C++ program.

You can check corresponding YouTube Tutorial down below if you like video format more. Whole YT C++ playlist is here.

Don't worry about Object Oriented C++, there's dedicated playlist for that too. But first we need to handle basic C++ programming.