Starting off

[sridarravi]

I am new to C++ and so how do i start my first programs. Can some one tell me what i need to do first.
Also can someone send a free online C++ book?

[serfurj]

this is a pretty standard first program:

#include <iostream.h>
int main() {
  cout << "Hello, World!" << endl;
  return 0;
}

[vegaseat]

Check out:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/index.html

then get yourself a free C++ compiler at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/

and play with as many code samples as you can fish from the net!