I am a beginner that is thought of as a noob by beginners.

[T1M3W1Z4R0]

I am totally lost because I don't know what to use to program. I understand the language pretty well.

[ResidentBiscuit]

Any old text editor, or an IDE. Your choice

[T1M3W1Z4R0]

Do you have any that you would suggest?

[Peter87]

I see many people using Code::Blocks so you could try that if you want. http://www.codeblocks.org/