C++03 IDE+compiler for Windows / educational purposes

[Matthias Buelow]

Imagine newcomer students learning C++ in a class

That's the first mistake.

C++ may be many things but the one thing it is most certainly not is a
good language for classroom use, especially for teaching programming to
beginners. Actually, it's hard to imagine a language that's _worse_ for
that purpose.

 

[jason.cipriani]

C++ may be many things but the one thing it is most certainly not is a
good language for classroom use, especially for teaching programming to
beginners.

C++ is the perfect language for a C++ course.

Actually, it's hard to imagine a language that's _worse_ for
that purpose.

Any specific reasons you have in mind?

Jason

 

[Matthias Buelow]

Any specific reasons you have in mind?

Struggling with oodles of irrelevant details while being deferred from
actually learning programming (algorithms, data structures, good idioms,
elegant code, etc.)?

A much better choice (imho) would be, for example, DrScheme, an
implementation of the Scheme language with a simple GUI IDE made for
educational (classroom) use. The language is simple enough to be learned
quickly yet powerful enough not to get in one's way and the integrated
environment helps newbies.

 

[dave_mikesell]

Struggling with oodles of irrelevant details while being deferred from
actually learning programming (algorithms, data structures, good idioms,
elegant code, etc.)?

A much better choice (imho) would be, for example, DrScheme

For an introductory programming course, perhaps. For a introductory C+
+ programming course, no.