Adding a system("PAUSE") will do the trick. So your code will be: int main () { cout <<"This is my first program. Say hello!"; system("PAUSE"); return 0; } If I were you I wouldn't worry too much about the advanced stuff like the command line parameters. I've been practicing c++ for a couple of mont...

Thank you :) I'm not really sure what I can share, but if someone has any questions, just let it know. I'm studying mechanical engineering, so I know a few thing on kinematics/dynamics (finding the equations of motion and doing time integration in Matlab) and a bit of control theory (in combination ...

Just like any IDE , DevC++ is perfectly fine for programming c++. I recently started programming myself, and I use it too. Maybe you can start all over, and re-install it with the following instructions my instructor gave me: Installation: Language -> English Compiler -> Mingw gcc (deselect the MS V...

I learned Matlab with this Introduction to Matlab (pdf), which covers most of the basics. It's 70 pages which seems a lot, but it's well written and you can work through quite quickly. I still often use it as reference. http://blinkdagger.com/ is a great source for tutorials, especially for making g...