Problem with compiling

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[versed solstice]

Okay, so you have a few options.
Visual Studio (not Code) will just work out of the box with no configuration

Or you can learn to compile manually with MinGW, that's a good learning experience too

[worthy bane]

how do i do that

[versed solstice]

Do you know what the console is?

[worthy bane]

uhm

nah not really (sorry im new)

[versed solstice]

I have a tutorial here: https://github.com/holyBlackCat/cpp-tutorials

Probably easier to follow that than for me to explain everything here 😛

[worthy bane]

okAy i will try

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but wait so i code on visual studio and i have mingw installed but what really is mingw for

i heard its to make the written code into a program

[versed solstice]

Visual studio or visual studio code?

They are two different things

[worthy bane]

the purple one

[versed solstice]

Then you don't really need mingw

[worthy bane]

oh

[versed solstice]

So there are programs called compilers, they transform the code you write into programs that you can run.
And there are also IDEs (fancy text editors), where you type code and they just save it as text files.
IDE automatically calls a compiler when you click "run"

[worthy bane]

ahh

[versed solstice]

Visual Studio is an IDE, it uses a compiler called MSVC internally. But you can also use MSVC directly and write the code in the notepad or whatever

MinGW is another compiler

[worthy bane]

okok

but how do i make my written code as a programm that i can send to others

[versed solstice]

Both visual studio and mingw can do that

If you use VS, then after clicking "run" you'll find the program somewhere near the code

And for MinGW (if you use it without an IDE) my tutorial explains this

[worthy bane]

so if i run the start button this comes and ig thats normal

if i copy the path will i come to the programm?

i have this but if i open it it automatically closes

[versed solstice]

Yes. When you send the program to others this message will not appear

Also why does everyone try to hide their name? 😛

[versed solstice]

VS is showing it, not your program

[worthy bane]

but if i open this right here it automatically closes. If i close VS will the programm work?

[versed solstice]

Yeah that's normal. You need to open it from the console for it to not close

[worthy bane]

but what do i send other people then

[versed solstice]

Normally it's up to the other people to know how to run the program correctly so that it doesn't close immediately

Console programs (like yours) usually close themselves immediately if not ran from a console

[worthy bane]

alr

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