C++ Tutorials.Part 1.

So, this is part one of learning c++. There are plenty of resources available..well, one more from me.

What is C++?

C++ is a language. And like any language it has its own rules and letters and grammar. Now the computer does not understand any language other than machine binary language, that is 0s and 1s. So we have something called a compiler which acts as an interpreter between the language c/c++ and the machine i.e. the computer.

The c++ which is used now is very different from the one which was initially released. If you want to know about it read ANSI C or standards of c. 

Our aim here is to learn coding through the language C++.

Prequisites

It can be downloaded from here. https://turboc.codeplex.com/.

Sometimes you might also need a dosbox for running C++.

Dosbox also helps to play dangerous dave, a dos game.So once you have dosbox or the other C++ for windows which doesn't require dosbox we are ready to go to lesson 1.

Oh, in case you are following the dosbox way,

once you have extracted and installed c++ in some drive, lets say, E: drive of your computer, start dosbox, and type in the following commands

mount c: E:\tc

c:

tc.exe

and you will have a blue screen.

This is the development environment.

C++ has built in development environment, compiler whatever everything.

However one can also use notepad for c++ program development and save the files with .cpp extension and run them using compiler or dos.

In our next lesson we will talk about the first steps to make our first program.
Things we know or must know by now-
1. what is c++.
2. where do we write c++ programs.
3. what a compiler does.
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