Writing the program
June 14, 2002 07:50 PM
Hello, im a newbie.
this is a stupid question but im gonna ask it anyway.
In what program do I actually write the code?
1,658
June 14, 2002 07:57 PM
You can use just any text editor to write your code in.
Then, you need a compiler which will turn your code into an executable.
The compiler is the part that matters.
What compiler to use ? Well, it depends on the language you want to program in, on whether you want to pay for it, and so on.
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Then, you need a compiler which will turn your code into an executable.
The compiler is the part that matters.
What compiler to use ? Well, it depends on the language you want to program in, on whether you want to pay for it, and so on.
Documents [ GDNet | MSDN | STL | OpenGL | Formats | RTFM | Asking Smart Questions ]
C++ Stuff [ MinGW | Loki | SDL | Boost. | STLport | FLTK | ACCU Recommended Books ]
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan
June 14, 2002 08:03 PM
quote: Original post by Fruny
You can use just any text editor to write your code in.
Then, you need a compiler which will turn your code into an executable.
The compiler is the part that matters.
What compiler to use ? Well, it depends on the language you want to program in, on whether you want to pay for it, and so on.
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Do I have to buy text editors? and are there any that are already installed onto windows 98?
185
June 14, 2002 08:11 PM
Notepad
Edit.com
By text editor Fruny literally meant "anything that lets you type text and save the result to a file." The only difference for major products like MS Visual C++ is that the text editors are...quite a lot fancier
. They perform the basic operation of letting you type in things and save them, but include other nice things like highlighting your code and displaying tree views, etc.
Edit.com
By text editor Fruny literally meant "anything that lets you type text and save the result to a file." The only difference for major products like MS Visual C++ is that the text editors are...quite a lot fancier
. They perform the basic operation of letting you type in things and save them, but include other nice things like highlighting your code and displaying tree views, etc.
1,658
June 14, 2002 08:13 PM
Already installed :
- notepad
- wordpad
Free download (and somewhat more suited to editing code)
- GNU Emacs for Win32
g++ compiler for win32 (command line)
- MinGW
- Cygwin g++
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- notepad
- wordpad
Free download (and somewhat more suited to editing code)
- GNU Emacs for Win32
g++ compiler for win32 (command line)
- MinGW
- Cygwin g++
Documents [ GDNet | MSDN | STL | OpenGL | Formats | RTFM | Asking Smart Questions ]
C++ Stuff [ MinGW | Loki | SDL | Boost. | STLport | FLTK | ACCU Recommended Books ]
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan
1,658
June 14, 2002 08:15 PM
quote: Original post by Alimonster
By text editor Fruny literally meant "anything that lets you type text and save the result to a file."
I draw the line at EDLIN.COM
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"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan
119
June 14, 2002 08:18 PM
Your best bet is to get yourself a copy of Microsoft Visual C++ 6, its good, its cheap and its easy to use! You can probably pick up a cheap student license for about £30!
No flaming from anti-microsoft fanatics plz!
bangz.
No flaming from anti-microsoft fanatics plz!
bangz.
804
June 15, 2002 06:44 AM
http://www.bloodshed.com or .net im not realy sure! ;-)
And there are they're are a lot of compilers you can download
[edit]Dev-C++ you can download legally so, f*** *ff...
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Can someone be nice and help me on my way to be the next Hideo Kojima? Thought So...
[edited by - Michalson on June 15, 2002 7:58:00 AM]
[edited by - pipo declown on June 15, 2002 10:54:43 AM]
And there are they're are a lot of compilers you can download
[edit]Dev-C++ you can download legally so, f*** *ff...
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Can someone be nice and help me on my way to be the next Hideo Kojima? Thought So...
[edited by - Michalson on June 15, 2002 7:58:00 AM]
[edited by - pipo declown on June 15, 2002 10:54:43 AM]
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June 15, 2002 06:56 AM
quote: Original post by Pipo DeClown
they''re are a lot of compilers you can download of kazaa, or elsewhere....
Pipo, I''d reccomend you to not say things like that again, especially in a DEVELOPMENT forum! heh.
It''s illegal and you know it.
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