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Which IDE is better for C++ beginner

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Patrice Terrier:
MFC, i never use it...

Plain SDK programming has always been my moto, and it is the same whatever the language being used.
This is also the only way to produce small, lean, and fast efficient code, even in 64-bit.

Chris Chancellor:
Thanxx Patrice and Pierre

Frederick J. Harris:
Sorry I didn't reply earlier.  I'm in the US state of Colorado building a log cabin there.  Just got electricity connected last week, and just got an internet connection about two hours ago. 

All the advice given above is sound.  Like others stated, the Code::Blocks IDE can be configured to use any compiler including any version of Mingw or MSVC.  It can be a trial though to get it working.  I'd recommend using a stock setup until you become familiar with C or C++.  There isn't much difference between building 32 bit or 64 bit executables.  The language in large degree insulates you from the differences. 

More and more I do command line compiling for my C++ apps.  You might want to examine my tutorials on that. 

Chris Chancellor:
Thanxx Fred

Where can i get  good beginners tutorials of C++?

Frederick J. Harris:
I think that's a tougher question than most would think it should be Chris.  If you would go to www.cprogramming.com and ask that question you would be immediately told to get Bjarn Stroustrup's books (creator of C++). 

C++ is evolving very rapidly.  Its now nothing like it was 20 years ago. 

So one possible answer to your question, and many would consider the right answer, is to get some beginner book that utilizes the new features of the language.

However, I have never attacked C++ in that manner.  Originally, and a long time ago, I taught myself plain old C.  Later I taught myself C++ because the object oriented improvements to the C language enabled syntactically clear implementations of String Classes and dynamic arrays like in the Basic family languages.  So pretty much I use C++ in a simple and old fashioned way.

The powers that be in the C++ universe seem to me to be morphing the language into C#.  That's just my opinion.

Maybe these thoughts tell you why I have a hard time answering your question.  Maybe it would have been easier if I said I just didn't know.  Maybe some others here have ideas on this. 

I suppose another aspect of the issue is that with the demise of PowerBASIC I was simply looking for a way to code in C++ as close to PowerBASIC as possible.  To do that you really don't need all the bells and whistles of the recent changes to C++.  All you really need are classes to encapsulate the kinds of things PowerBASIC does so well such as String handling and dynamic array allocations. 

The other thing that makes C++ somewhat problematic for many PowerBASIC coders is the size of the binaries C++ produces.  That's actually an issue of the libraries used by C++ coders rather than an issue with C++.  As a matter of fact, smaller binaries can be produced by C++ than PowerBASIC can produce.  But to do that is very difficult and very few C++ coders would even know how to do that. 

So you see, C++ is a rather difficult topic, and its hard for me to recommend any particular book.

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