hello

In order to program in C++ you do not need any software but there are some recomended features

First I will give you a link to the best C++ guide I have found for beginners

http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/index.htm

This is an E-Book of Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days

each chapter is seperated into a day in which a beginner can work one day at a time easily

This book is extremely good about telling you principles and programming practices in C++

now this book only teaches primitive coding so once you are finished with this book

let me know so you can start programming windowed apps and graphic apps

but lets not get too far ahead of ourselves

considering you are a beginner I would say you should use the Borland compiler and type code in notepad

just google it and something should pop up

If you have problems figuring out how to use it just ask

Once you have become aquanted with the compiler you can start using an IDE

I would suggest Bloodshed's Dev-C++ IDE

It installs with everything you need to code, compile, execute and debug your code

heres the link for it :

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

download version 5 beta

let me know if you have anymore questions or concerns

~ Sincerely

~ Geo

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