Development IDE
On Windows, Visual Studio now has a free version.
Go ahead and get it, and install the C/C++ platform tools.
Using Visual Studio
To create a new project: On the Start Page of Visual Studio,
click New Project.
Select Visual C++ under the Template header
and Win32 Console Application (for our purpose) under the .Net Framework header.
Give the project a name. >> OK >> Next >> Finish.
To Create a new C++ class file: click Project, Add Class.
Select C++ Class, Add;
Give the class a name and click Finish.
Running C++ Codes
To make sure your code contains no errors and see its output before you get to building
it, set a breakpoint at the return statement in the main class:
Click on the left area of the "return 0" line to highlight it;
click Debug at the top of the window, Toggle breakpoint;
a red dot appears on the return 0 line.
Press F5, (click Yes) to see the project run to completion - assuming there are no errors.
A new shell is created that shows the result of your code.
Alternatively, click Debug >> Start Without Debugging (Ctrl F5)
to see your output.
Note: In Windows, C/C++ codes can also be run in the NetBeans IDE using Cygwin or MinGW libraries.
Notice: Our colour coding follows that of Microsoft's Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Start Page
New Project
Next Step
Finish New Project
New Class
Finish New Class
