15 year old trying to learn C++? (Need help w/ Microsoft Visual C++)?

Question

At this point, I don't have any programming experience, although I do now how to use html.

I'm trying to teach myself C++, so I downloaded Microsoft Visual C++.

I looked at an intro to C++ below
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/program_structure/

but I'm not sure how I'd put that into visual studios or how I would see the program itself. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Start with a Visual C++ tutorial

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- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa232192%28v=VS.60%29.aspx

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When comfortable [takes about 20-30 min], go back to http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/program_structure/

Answer 2

I've got the 2008 version of Microsoft Visual C++ Express, but hopefully it works in a similar way... I only ever took one C++ course, so I'm no professional or anything. To start with, my professor told my class to go to File > New > Project. Select Win32 under the project types box, and Win32 console application under the templates box. Then name your file and remember where it's going to be saved. You should have a .cpp file open afterwards. It probably has some sort of code template on it already, but you can delete that for now. You can copy and paste the entire sample program from the cplusplus site on the .cpp file. To compile and run the program, hit ctrl+F5 and a black box that looks like the Windows command prompt should show up (if the program prints something on the screen). If you try to run a program you wrote yourself, and there's an error, you can view a window that will tell you which lines have errors. To view the error list, go to View > Other Windows > Error list.

Answer 3

attempt sorting out your community e book save for any books on it. Alot of situations they could have a CD lined with a compiler so which you would be able to run some attempt courses. often in the e book they could have some occasion courses which you could construct upon.

Answer 4

"I don't have any programming experience" Then teach yourself programming first (learning a language isn't learning programming). http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/AD.pdf