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win32 F/OSS development - C/C++
Assuming you've installed MinGW, you've got the compiler, assembler, linker and debugger installed to work with C and C++. Now we'll can add an IDE and some libraries including the oh-so-sweet Qt.
IDE - Dev-C++
First up is Dev-C++, an IDE that integrates well with MinGW. From the BloodshedSoftware download page, grab the Dev-C++, executable only version. Run the installer with defaults.
You'll need to point Dev-C++ to your MinGW install.
Start it up and select 'Tools' -> 'Compiler Options'
Click on the 'Directories' Tab. The following are my settings:
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You can get updates and additional library files (GTK shown here) by clicking on Tools -> Check for Updates/Packages
Toolkit - Qt
For Qt, hit the Open source Edition Download page and get qt-win-opensource-x.x.x-mingw.exe Run the installer; when prompted for the path to MinGW, use:
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C:\MinGW\
Library - SDL
SDL or Simple DirectMedia Layer is a multimedia library for C/C++ with bindings for just about every language. Look for the download link, then find the 'Development Libraries:'. Under the 'Win32:' entry find the Mingw32 download. You'll need to extract it to a temp directory, so you'll have something like c:\temp\SDL-x.x.x\ Now you'll need to move the files so that MinGW can find them.
- Move all the .h files from the \include subdir to an SDL subfolder in the MinGW\include directory. For my setup it's C:\MinGW\include\SDL\
- Copy all the .a files from the \lib subdir to the MinGW \lib folder. For me this is C:\MinGW\lib\
- Copy the files from the \bin subdir to your \msys\bin\ folder. Mine is C:\msys\1.0\bin\
- Copy the file SDL.dll from the \bin subfolder to your path. I use a c:\bin\ folder, but anything in the path (c:\windows\system32\ is a common choice) will work
Now to test. Open a command prompt and browse to the \test subfolder of the SDL temp dir. You'll need to point to the SDL.h in it's subdir. Edit testwin.c as follows:
to:
#include "SDL/SDL.h"
The following will compile the testwin.c and link the SDL files producing a happy a.exe
Documentation
- The C Book: One of the best C books out there, out of print, but available online.
- The GNU C Programming Tutorial: not Windows specific, but a great overview of the GNU Tools
- Thinking in C++: The definitive book by Bruce Eckel
- How to think like a computer scientist: The C++ version
- Qt Reference Docs: This is the main starting point for all the trolltech docs
Code Snippets
- : Hello world. src
