What program is required to write source code?
Since source code is just a set of text files theoretically you can use any text editor that produces non-formatted text to write it (Notepad is one of them). But source code files will mean nothing without a compilation — that is the process of “converting” them into executable files. Here at this stage you will need a more specific program. The name of compiler depends on the programming language that you use to write your source code. Besides that, all modern MS Windows-based compilers have a built-in visual environment that lets you create parts of your source code visually, very much like you create web pages with MS FrontPage, or put pictures into your MS Word documents. All this, along with the built-in source code editor facilitates creation of the Windows-based programs. In the instance of our software we use Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 .NET integrated development environment and C++/MFC programming languages to write and debug it. More info about compilers can be found on the M
