I am working in a Mac environment and noticed that the visual c++ express is for a windows/PC environment. I have the xcode toolset provided by Apple. Will the gcc be sufficient to follow you through the tutorials?
Thanks for this video series. It is quite helpful in getting started!
Hi Andrew,
gcc will be just fine. I'm focused on just programming principles, nothing gui-related that would require something like visual c++ - so no worries, you'll be fine.
Welcome !
- John
Dev C++ and GCC are also good compilers. GCC is only for Linux I believe, though. Dev C++ focuses more on compiling and debugging your code, as opposed to VC++ being user friendly and very pretty.
I am working in a Mac environment and noticed that the visual c++ express is for a windows/PC environment. I have the xcode toolset provided by Apple. Will the gcc be sufficient to follow you through the tutorials?
Thanks for this video series. It is quite helpful in getting started!
Best Regards
Andrew Hamilton
preciseplus.com
Hi Andrew,
gcc will be just fine. I'm focused on just programming principles, nothing gui-related that would require something like visual c++ - so no worries, you'll be fine.
Welcome !
- John
Visual C++ is a good choice for a free compiler to learn programming. If you are using something else, don't worry, that is no problem.
For this class we are concentrating on command-line only programming, which means we aren't using anything specific to Visual C++.
When learning the basics, it's best not to get distracted with having to learn how to deal with graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
- John