Summary and Setup

This is a new lesson built with The Carpentries Workbench.

This workshop will cover the basics of programming in the language C++. The knowledge you will gain in this workshop can be translated across many other programming languages.

Software Setup

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Details

There are many different programs you can use to run C++ code. However, in this workshop we will be using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. It is a lightweight integrated development environment (IDE) that has a lot of customization options.

Visual Studio

After installing VSCode, you have to setup the environment for C++. First, you should check whether or not your computer has C++ installed. You will need to open the terminal, a quick access to your computer’s command system.

Terminal

You can either open the terminal by going to the top of VSCode and clicking on Terminal->New Terminal. There are also keyboard shortcuts that are displayed below.

Windows

ctrl + alt + T

Mac

ctrl + option + ~

Linux

Look up for your specific Linux system

Now with your terminal open, type in “c++ -v” and hit enter to see the version of C++ installed on your device. If nothing shows up, please look up how to download C++ for your respective OS/medium. With this, you are now able to move on.