C++ - Windows - Hello World!

Let’s create our first C++ application. For this tutorial, we will use: Eclipse Indigo CDT Cygwin If you install your Cygwin binary into a different drive than from your development directory you can still use it. For example if you have installed Cygwin in C:/soft/ and want to work in D:/dev/, go until C:/soft/ and run your Cygwin.bat file. Once open, write it: cd /cygdrive/ then press the TAB key on your keyboard. You have now access to all your drives. ...

October 2, 2011

C++ - Eclipse - Installation of C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) and Cygwin for Windows

In this tutorial of Eclipse, we will install C and C++ on Windows with some examples. Easy? Not really, but nothing is impossible of course! Why? Because Windows needs another software to create and manipulate C and C++. This software is Cygwin. 1. Installing Cygwin So let’s download it on the official website: http://www.cygwin.com/ If you download all files available with Cygwin, prepare yourself to wait several hours. Indeed, you will need at least 7GB of data. ...

September 20, 2011