Hello World...

/g/ could not come close to helping me, so I figured that you guys could :D

I had a small foray with C++ a long while back ( First and only language), but I was too young to understand it at the time and I lacked the knowledge of its practical applicaton.

Anyway now that I am out of school and secure in my shitty job at some local computer place, I think I want to get back into programming. I am still open to the language, but from the information that I have compiled (get it?) I think I will be trying C++ again.

I plan on using DevBloodshed C++ compiler, and just learning out of a book. I know next to nothing about what I need or what I am doing, so any tips or advice that you may have would be much appreciated.

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I use IDEs for convenience as all the functionality are located in one easy to learn graphical window. I use a 19" widescreen monitor in portrait mode solely to display code. I can see all 80 lines for the code width and still have room for GUI clutter. I have a second monitor for electronic documentation, and a third monitor for anything else. I also use a netbook for all my Internet related bafoonery.