Help With C++ (Anyone with experience please help!)

[Rossiar]

Trying to write my "Hello World" program and I know very well how to enter the code and all but I don't know which project to use in C++ as it won't give me a blank one to work from... Am I just being stupid or is there something I need to do here; have never worked with the 2008 version of any programming tool so the interface is confusing.

Does anyone know what to do? Any useful prep projects for me as I am going to uni (hopefully) in September and need to get a bit of practice in.

 

[mad825]

you have never done C++ yet you are going to uni? how is that possible?!?!

 

[Rossiar]

well i'm sorry for being different. Do you have anything useful to say?

 

[DazZ.]

Download Dev C++, that's a nice simple program to use that will also compile. It's also free and small in size.

What are you using at the moment? What do you mean what project to use? It sounds program related so I can't help unless I know what compiler you're using.

 

[Rossiar]

Visual Studio 2008. I've only ever used VB but I want to branch out before uni. I was also wondering if there were any good starting projects that I can do for practice.

 

[fletch_talon]

well i'm sorry for being different. Do you have anything useful to say?

I think its less to do with being different and more to do with going to uni, seemingly for a course that involves programming, but have no experience with C++, which as I understand is the most common programming language.
The surprise mad825 is displaying is likely because a prerequisite for a university programming course would assumedly be knowledge of C++.