Introduction To C++ and Dev C++

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Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. As similar IDEs, it offers to the programmer a simple and unified tool to edit, compile, link, and debug programs. It also provides support for the management of the files of a program in “projects” containing all the elements required to produce a final executable program.

Dev-C++ uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as a compiler. It can creates native Win32 executables, either console or GUI, as well as DLLs and static libraries. Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler. In this session, we will use Mingw --included in the default Dev-C++ distribution-- to create console C programs.

Dev-C++ is a Free Software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The IDE can be downloaded here:

 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dev-cpp/devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe.

Dev-C++ can be installed on any Windows machine with Windows XP and Windows 7. This tutorial uses Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2 on Windows 7 (configuration in the computer labs as of course 2012-2013). For the sake of simplicity, use the default installation options in your home computer. For Windows 8, you are recommended to install the Orwell Dev-C++ fork with bundled TDM compiler available here:

 http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/files/Setup%20Releases/Dev- Cpp%205.4.0%20TDM-GCC%20x64%204.7.1%20Setup.exe/download

Dev-C++ features are:

• Support GCC based compilers (Mingw included)

• Integrated debugging (with GDB)

• Support for multiple languages (localization)

• Class Browser

• Debug variable Browser

• Code Completion

• Function Listing

• Project Manager

• Customizable syntax highlighting editor

• Quickly create Windows, console, static libraries and DLL

• Support of templates for creating your own project types

• Makefile creation

• Edit and compile Resource files

• Tool Manager

• Print support

• Find and replace facilities

• Package manager, for easy installation of add-on libraries

Documentation about the C programming language and the IDE itself can be accessed from Dev-C++ by clicking on Help > Help on Dev-C++.

Download Tutorial (PDF)

UPDATE (13-JUN-2015): Dev-C++ 5.11 released (http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.com/2015/04/dev-c-511-released.html)