what is visual c++ ? (apart from out of my price range) is it like the dreamweaver of c++ ? (i dislike dreamweaver though) Offsrping, Offspring, offspring.

Visual C++ is a C/C++ compiler and IDE made by Microsoft. If it is out of your price range, there are many other compilers and IDEs available. For example, Dev-C++.

Visual C++ refers to Microsoft Visual C++, which is a popular and feature rich IDE (integrated development environment) that works just like you'd expect a Windows program to work.

An IDE is a program that you use to write code with, as opposed to using notepad and a command line compiler.

Magmai Kai Holmlor
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A beginer's edition is $50 if you can find one. "Tricks of the Windows Programming Gurus" by Andre LaMonthe comes with a beginers edition to MSVC6 and is a decent book to get you programing in 2D games Windows (if you already know some C!).


Edited by - Magmai Kai Holmlor on October 27, 2001 5:58:05 PM

so its like notepad with a compiler?


Offsrping, Offspring, offspring.

Basically, thats true. It does have a lot of features though. People get confused if its like visual basic but its not. The only reason they called it visual is probably because the borland c++ is on the command line.

so you can kinda insert things like bits of ready made code?(WiLd GuEsS), and is it like a beginners tool?, something you drop after a while or is it something that if you get you will stick with forever, or is it just a bad habit????


Offsrping, Offspring, offspring.

I found this i would guess that it is notepad that tells you when things are going wrong?


Offsrping, Offspring, offspring.

Any compiler will tell you what''s wrong with the code. MSVC simply puts it in a text box for you. There''s no reason you have to use MSVC if you don''t want to, but it isn''t that bad of a tool for Win32 development. You can always use another text editor (like notepad, or one with syntax highlighting) and a command line compiler (a lot of these).

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Theres no reason you need to use it if you dont have or dont want to spend money on the compiler. However, it is an excellent tool for writing and quickly debugging code. I would probably have trouble (unfortunatly) changing IDE''s at this point. Another benefit is if you write code proffesionally its an oft encountered tool and it would be to your benefit to know how to use it efficiently.

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Ok, Cool :-)

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