[billybob128]

just starting to learn this was wondering how/where do i code and compile the c++ on a mac?

thanks for any help

[spiky_dog]

Originally posted by billybob128:
just starting to learn this was wondering how/where do i code and compile the c++ on a mac?

thanks for any help

XCode. /Developer/Applications

[billybob128]

ok thanks but that looks well hard to use any tutorials on the internet or anywhere?

[Brass]

XCode is very simple to use. There's some online help, as well as on Apple's web site.

Or you could just do it the same way it's done on other unix systems. Ie, type up the code in a text editor, and use GCC to compile and build it.

I prefer XCode :-)

[nufferkay]

If you're coming from a command-line development environment, rather than Visual C++ or something, try the Terminal app (in /Applications/Utilities) to get a command line, and use GCC, which I believe comes pre-installed.

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by billybob128:
just starting to learn this was wondering how/where do i code and compile the c++ on a mac?

You don't elaborate on your programming experience, but C++ is not a good choice for a beginning programmer. Not at all. C++ is really a good choice for someone who knows C and an object-oriented (OO) programming language like Java or Python, and wants a high-performance language that maintains the OO paradigm. C++ doesn't enforce good OO constructs, so it's important to understand OO before you learn C++.

[johnMG]

Open the Terminal app, write your main.cpp file, then compile it with
g++ main.cpp

For example,

----------snip---------------
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

int main()
{
cout << "hello world!" << endl;
return 0;
}
---------snip---------------

after compiling with 'g++ main.cpp', run it by typing

./a.out

[billybob128]

no background at all but im learning the c language from www.vtc.com quite easy but their player pragramm is crap really slow andit keep crashing with the bug report. oh well i can do hello world and age variables in xcode so ill stick with that.

thanks for all your input