Setting up your Development Environment

I chose Dev-C++ as the IDE to write this tutorial on. Simply because its free and therefore accessible to all of you. All screenshots and references in this tutorial are with respect to Dev-C++. However, you should be able to use any IDE and compiler you like.

This page explains how to set up your environment and some defaults that we'll be using.

Dev C++

LCC Win32

LCC Win32 probably is one of the fastest compilers out there. It is free for non-commercial use. You can get it at

Visual C++