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Question

what tool do you need to to make c++ program?

do you need sdk?

will every cpp program i make eat away at my memory?

what is best compiler i am on windows ?

Answer 1

Get visual C++

yes sdk

of course programs will use memory but if you are referring to memory leaks, where programs progressively use up memory until you are forced to reboot. That depends upon your programming skill. These errors are common.

Answer 2

To take your questions completely out of order:

best compiler:

Best for what?  Windows programming is an advanced topic.  Obviously if you want to do Windows programming you may want a Microsoft compiler eventually, but that is an advanced topic.

For now: Borland C++ compilers have been used in a lot of courses for excellent reason.  I would go with them.  I also like Digital Mars&#039;s compiler at http://www.digitalmars.com .  I am on Linux though and usually use GCC.

Will C++ programs eat away at your memory?  If badly written and ill-behaved.  I should emphasize this: the best thing for C++ programming is a class.  Local colleges and community colleges should let you audit classes for less than taking it.  It is money well spent.  This is a topic dealt with across the semester.

Do you need an SDK?  For OS-specific programming yes.  Don&#039;t worry about it until you understand programming.  Before you could walk did you tool around in a car?

To make a C++ program run you generally NEED a text editor, a compiler and a linker.  Most commercial packages come with IDEs -- Integrated debugging editors, and even on GNU Linux/UNIX GCC has Emacs which was written with it and Vi which was written before it to make writing and compiling programs -- relatively easy.  Outsiders tend to shudder when first confronted with both programs and I originally learned vi in the days before Linux as a temp at a UNIX shop.

My recommendation: take or audit a college course and use what they are using.

Answer 3

You need a C++ compiler to make programs. You can get MS Visual C++ 2008 Express by following the instructions in this video:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/Lesson0...

If you want a set of programming lessons to use with it, you try follow these videos:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/index.php

The best C++ compiler is probably Microsoft&#039;s. They have put many years of development into it and many of the others have stopped development. Also, you will probably find the most support for it, since most people use it.

Programs only &quot;eat away&quot; memory while they are running. Unless you are on a really old machine, I wouldn&#039;t be too concerned about memory usage.

You need the SDK for certain types of programs. There are various libraries that you will use all depend on what you program. For simple console programs, you don&#039;t really need much and you will get what you need set up for you when you install the compiler.

Console:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/index.p...

Win32:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/win32/index.php

MFC:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/mfc/index.php

OpenGL:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/opengl/index.ph...

The video sections above will show you how to set to compile each type of program. If you are just starting out, stick to the console programs.

If you have more questions, please post them to me here:

http://xoax.net/forum/

Answer 4

An IDE is an Integrated Development Environment. Basically it holds all the parts of the development of a C++ program together (e.g. Linker, Compiler etc). That being the case, I would suggest Bloodshed Dev-C++ ... it&#039;s free and has a wide range of support on the net:

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html