Need a Starting point! :(

[-OverpoweR-]

Hellow fellas, i have recently downloaded countless of Tutorials about Learning Basic C++ , First Steps in C++ and such , i have the will to read and learn, and study well the tutorials i've been reading, BUT, however, i need to see my codes working , as far as i understood via tutorials, is that i need a Compiler to compile and run my codes (correct me if im wrong,please.) , however, i have tried countless of them, (free versions) like Borland, CodeBloxx and such, BUT, it just doesnt run my code,even the codes from the tutorial, it keeps saying " Cant Build " something like that, excuse me cant get you the correct quote since i got a little mad and deleted every single of those free compilers i tried, now, what i would really appreciate, is if any of you could Lead me (download links and such.) to a Guide, or A specific tutorial on How to really Fully,completely start your way on C++ programming including all the necessary compiler and all whatever else is needed just so simply i can see my own "program" HELLO WORLD appearing, i need that , that will motivate me to continue further and further, but this has been keeping me away from continuing since i just keep getting stuck with those compilers

Regards.

 

[Sajin]

Microsoft has a C++ compiler free to download
In my opinion starting C++ with Iostream is probably your best bet, its easy to understand and once you know that its much easier to move into the rest of the language.

Here is the link to microsoft's c++ compiler http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express

also http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/basic_io/

 

[-OverpoweR-]

Hmmm, that seems interesting indeed , thank you

 

[s3rius]

I also suggest VisualStudio. It's a AAA compiler product and very easy to use for the most part.

When you installed it it try this:
Create a new C++ Project (Console Project).
Say that you do not want a Precompiled Header, and that you want an Empty Project.
When you got your project infront of you right-click onto Source Files (at the right side) and add a new File of type CPP (C++ Source file). Call it whatever you want.
Then you can write your code in here.

At least the newer MSVC versions pre-create those header files (stdafx.h for example) which includes stuff for you, but sometimes makes you unable to simply copy-paste tutorial code into the source file.

 

[-OverpoweR-]

Thank you , for now, i have downloaded Dev-C++ and i am very satisfied since it has proven to be quite enough for my n00bish needs

Thanks again.