what program do i need?

[simpleasy]

hi everyone,
i just wanted to start with programming c++,
but i didn't know what program that i needed for it.
Can i just start programming on my notepad? and what extesion do i need to save it with?
or is there maybe a free program where you can easyer work with?
i would like to know.
(sorry about writing and grammar mistakes, my english is not perfect (yet))

oh yeah, btw:
it could be that it just stands on this site, but i've searsed and i didn't find it...

[Mitsakos]

You need to save your program as .cpp and a compiler to compile them.
I suggest to use an IDE. Take a look at this topic about IDE's:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/windows/2573/

[Zaita]

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
Bloodshed Dev-C++ IDE.

Download the one with the compiler (about 13mbs) and your ready to go.

[CamelCase]

Hi Simpleasy, welcome to the forums, and I wish you luck with your studies of c++.

The program you need is called a compiler, but I really suggest you use an IDE (Intergrated Development Enviroment).

An IDE is pretty much a program that has a compiler and a notepad kind of program built into it, but these note pad programs usually come with some nifty features such as code completion to help speed writing code up and code block collapsing to make code much easier to work with.

A good IDE that I suggest is Code::Blocks, you can downlaod it @:
http://www.codeblocks.org/

Hope this helped!