0.5InstallinganIntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE)BYALEX,ONMAY28TH,2007

Asmentionedintheprevioussection,anIntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE)containsallofthethingsyouneedtodevelop,compile,link,anddebugyourprograms.Soletsinstallone.

Theobviousquestionis,whichone?.KeepinmindthatyoucaninstallmultipleIDEs,sothereisnowrongdecisionhere.Duringthecourseofthesetutorials,wewillbeshowingyousomeofthenicefeaturesofyourIDE,suchashowtodointegrateddebugging.AllofourexampleswillbedoneusingbothMicrosoftsVisualC++(forWindows),andCode::Blocks(forLinuxorWindows).Thuswehighlyrecommendyoupickoneofthese.

However,ifyouwouldliketotryadifferentIDE,youarefreetodoso.TheconceptsweshowyouwillworkforanyIDEhowever,differentIDEsusedifferentkeymappingsanddifferentsetups,andyoumayhavetodoabitofsearchingtofindtheequivalentofwhatweshowyou.

Windows

IfyouaredevelopingonaWindowsmachine(asmostofyouare),thenyouhavetwochoices:

1)Ifdiskspaceand/ordownloadsizearenotaconstraint,thenwerecommendVisualStudioCommunity2015.Wheninstallingthisversion,youllneedtodoaCustominstallationandchooseProgrammingLanguages>VisualC++,astheC++compilerisnotinstalledbydefault.YoucanalsounchecktheWindowsandWebDevelopmentcheckbox.

2)Ifdiskspaceand/ordownloadsizeareachallenge,thenwerecommendMicrosoftsfreeVisualStudioExpress2013forWindowsDesktop.Whenasked,choosewdexpress_full.exeandrunit.

TheinstallerthatyoudownloadoffofMicrosoftswebpageisactuallyadownloader.Whenyourunit,itwilldownloadtheactualIDEfromMicrosoftandinstallit.

Note:ThistutorialwasoriginallywrittenwhenMicrosoftwasdistributingthe2005versionofVisualC++.Consequently,allreferencesandscreenshotsaretargetedtothatversion.Runninganylaterversions(suchas2008,2010,2013,2015,etc)arefine,however,yourscreensmaylookslightlydifferent.

LinuxorWindows

IfyouaredevelopingonLinux(oryouaredevelopingonWindowsbutwanttowriteprogramsthatyoucaneasilyporttoLinux),werecommendCode::Blocks.Code::Blocksisafree,opensource,crossplatformIDEthatwillrunonbothLinuxandWindows.

Windowsusers,makesuretogettheversionwithMinGWbundled.

Alternately,somepeopleprefertouseBloodshedsDevC++,whichalsorunsonbothWindowsandLinux.

MacOSX

MacuserscanuseXcodeifitisavailabletoyou,orEclipse.EclipseisnotsetuptouseC++bydefault,andyouwillneedtoinstalltheoptionalC++components.

Movingon

OnceyourIDEisinstalled(whichisoneofthehardestthingsthistutorialwillaskyoutodo),youarereadytowriteyourfirstprogram!

0.6Compilingyourfirstprogram

Index

0.4Introductiontodevelopment

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122commentsto0.5InstallinganIntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE)

GrantJanuary18,2008at12:22pmReply

IwillbeinstallingXCodeonmyMacASAP!

(doesanyonereadthesethings?)

AlexJanuary20,2008at8:55pmReply

Ireadallthecomments.

jestuartFebruary19,2008at11:40amReply