C++

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Is there a reason that you would need Visual C++ .NET? I’m taking a C++ course in school, and was wondering if I could use notepad or something (preferably free) to write my code and just save the text file as .cpp and then take it to school to compile or compile it with an external compiler.

I don’t need support for huge linked scripts or anything, I’m just learning. But would this be feasable to write C++ programs without .NET?

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The course you’re taking, is it C++ or C++ .NET?

Either way, you don’t need Visual C++ .NET or anything like that, for .NET you can install the .NET framework and use the command line compiler… and I’m pretty sure there are other free C++ compilers too

VS .NET is pretty neat though, has way too many time-saving features and such, but technically you should be able to get away with the command-line compiler… I think :slight_smile:

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Well, I think the course is C++, but .NET is what is installed on the computers, and that’s what we’re using to program. It’s an introductory class to programming.

Thanks, I’ll look into it hehe.

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Gotcha. I haven’t done any C++ but I did play a little with the .NET platform, all I needed was the .NET Framework SDK

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.aspx

Introducint Microsoft .NET by David S Platt is a great book to read if you’re interested in the .NET platform in general. Gives you a language-independent insight on the platform and how it runs. The book was also quick and to the point.

Hope that helps!

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If you mean C++, then there’s a set of free tools you can use to develop C/C++ - You can get them here: http://mingw.org/

You want MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe and MSYS-1.0.10.exe.

If you want me to take you through it, then talk to me on IRC or AIM(njs54354) or whatever.

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When I took a C++ course (years ago), I always programmed and compiled remotely through telnet :stuck_out_tongue:

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Keep up with the times! It’s SSH now :smiley:

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Im just :elderly:

My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it!

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Bloodshed Dev = Great compiler

But I;m also learning C++ (by myself, so the going is really slow…) and I have a copy of Visual C++ 6… works for me :slight_smile:

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I would HIGHLY recommend C++ .NET

Sure you can easily convert Borland Sources to C++ .NET, but C++ .NET to Borland? Nope…

You can get it for about $60 at a student discount store.

I would say the best C++ compiler is DevC++, but I would still recommend that $60 student discount Visual C++ to anyone over anything. (Except for Visual Studio Pro .NET)

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Ah, the best version. But thanks to Microsoft’s nice non-backend compatibility, I had to relearn all the new interfacy stuff when .NET came out. :frowning:

C++ is funnnn… Until I met someone named PHP… It was love at first sight.

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I’m just wondering, I have VS .NET, is there anyway you can compile applications to work with the old libraries from VC++ 6? I’ve tried converting a few programs from VC++6 to VC++.NET and had problems with fstream and everything.