guide to setting up a sepples work enviroment

Hey Prog, I'm coming from a PHP background and I'm trying to get into sepples.

 I was wondering if anyone has or could recommend a step guide to get code to executable.

I can read and write code well especially with documentation like php.net to bounce off of but don't know were to start with C++.

MinGW sucks. Don't let anyone recommend it too you. If you must work on Windows, just use Visual Studios. If on Linux or other shit, use Clang.