>>51564528
Yes, Visual Studio is amazing.
It's also really bloated (packed with functionality if you need it, but minimal install size is 9GB for 2013, 2015 may be a bit less)

>>51564650
Been using it for a bit but it took forever to install.
If I wanted one that wasn't bloated and had the bare essentials. What would you recommend?

>>51565296
Notepad++

No, the best is clearly and I mean c-l-e-a-r-l-y Qt Creator

>>51565306
Do I need to add a compiler to it or something? I'm new to IDE's and such.
>>51565313
Never heard of QT Creator

>>51566131

Don't listen to retards on here, the visual studio debugger will save you a lot of time

>>51566152
I just want to start programming and practicing so I can get better and better. Thank you.

No. Visual Studio's compiler, MSVC, has poor support for C++11 and C++14 features compared to gcc.

>>51566209

If you just want to start programming and practicing, why are you focusing on trying to learn an IDE? Just download gcc and start programming. How to compile?

g++ -std=c++14 -o yourprogram.exe yourprogram.cpp

Breaking it apart?

g++ # The compiler name
-std=c++14 # Use the C++14 standard
-o yourprogram.exe # Output file is yourprogram.exe.
yourprogram.cpp # Input file name. You can have multiple input files

Where can you download this?
http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/

>>51566419
based Ruby

jetbrains clion

>>51564528
Visual Studio is terrible.

It's a pain in the ass to install and it's gargantuan.

Clang and GCC are widely considered to be higher quality compilers.