Module 004

Setting up My Environment
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Creating Github Account

Step 1:
To create your own
Github account you must
visit the GitHub, Inc.
website through the link
https://github.com/.
MicroEJ. (2015). MicroEJ and Github [Online Blog].
Retrieved from http://www.microej.com/microej-and-
github/
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Creating Github Account

Step 2:
Click the “Sign up” link on
the upper right corner of
the page.
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Creating Github Account

Step 3:
a. Enter your preferred
username, valid and
active email address,
and password.

b. Click “Create an
account” button.
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Creating Github Account

Step 4:
a. Select “Unlimited
public repositories for
free”.
Leave the “Help me set
up an organization next”
checkbox unticked.

b. Click “Continue”
button.
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Creating Github Account

Step 5:
a. Select the most
appropriate options
you desire. This
course will not limit
you on how you will
use your Github
account in the future.

b. Click “Submit” button.

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Creating Github Account

Step 6:
You are now ready to
create your first Github
project.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 1:
To create an initial repository:
a. If you do not have yet
any repository,
Click “Start a project”
button.

b. If you already have an

existing repository(-ies),
Click “New repository”
button.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 2:
Enter “AMAOEd-
CompProg1-Week004”
(without spaces) in the
“Repository name” textbox.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 3:
Enter “My very first C++
application.” in the
“Description (optional)”
textbox.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 4:
Make sure the “Public”
checkbox is ticked.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 5:
Tick the “Initialize this
repository with a README”
checkbox.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 6:
Set the GitIgnore template:
a. Click the “Add .gitignore:
None” button.

b. Enter “C++” in the “Filter

ignores” textbox.

c. Click “C++” in the

typeahead.

d. Verify that the button

changes to “Add .gitignore:
C++”.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 7:
Set the License template:
a. Click the “Add a license:
None” button.

b. Enter “GNU General Public

License v3.0” in the “Filter
licenses” textbox.

c. Click “GNU General Public

License v3.0” in the typeahead.

Verify that the button changes to

“Add a license: GNU General
Public License v3.0”.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 8:
Verify that the fields are
correct and accurate.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 9:
Click “Create repository”
button.
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Creating Github Repository

Step 10:
You now have created your
Github repository for this
week’s activity.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 1:
Visit the Visual Studio
Code official website at
https://code.visualstudio.co
m.

Visual Studio Code Official Website

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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 2:
Click the “Download”
button.

Visual Studio Code Official Website

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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 3:
Click the “[Download Icon]
Windows” button.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 4:
Verify that the Download
page is displayed. Wait
until the download is
completed.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 1:
Run the downloaded Visual
Studio Code installer (i.e.
VSCodeSetup-xxxx-x.x.x.exe).

a. Approve the necessary

security checkpoint if
necessary (for Admin rights
confirmation boxes).
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 2:
Click “Next” button.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 3:
Read and accept the License
Agreement:
a. Tick the “I accept the
agreement” checkbox.
Click “Next” button.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 4:
Use the default installation
directory:
a. For 32-bit Windows, the
directory should be
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft
VS Code”.

b. For 64-bit Windows, the

directory should be
“C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft VS Code”.
Click “Next” button.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 5:
Select the start menu folder,
a. Keep the value as is
“Visual Studio Code”.

b. Leave the “Don’t create a

Start Menu folder” checkbox
unticked.

c. Click “Next” button.

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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 6:
Select additional tasks,
a. Leave the default
settings as is.

b. Click “Next” button.

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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 7:
Verify installation tasks then
click “Install” button.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 8:
Wait for the installation process
to complete.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 9:
After the installation process
finishes, untick the “Launch
Visual Studio Code” checkbox.
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Downloading Visual Studio Code

Step 10:
Click “Finish” button.

The installation process is now

completed.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 1:
Visit the official website of
MinGW at
http://www.mingw.org/.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 2:
Under Navigation pane (left
corner), click the “Downloads”
link.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 3:
Click the link beside the text
“Looking for the latest version?”
(i.e. Download mingw-get-
setup.exe).
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 1:
Run the downloaded “mingw-
get-setup.exe” file.
a. Approve the necessary
security checkpoint if
necessary (for Admin rights
confirmation boxes).
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 2:
Click the “Install” button.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 3:
Change the settings as
indicated:
a. Keep the “Installation
Directory” to
“C:\MinGW”.

b. Keep the rest of the

settings as is.
Click “Continue” button.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 4:
The download process of its
components will proceed. Wait
until it finishes (i.e. 100%
progress).
a. After, click the “Continue”
button.
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Downloading Minimalist GNU for Windows

Step 5:
The “MinGW Installation
Manager” will appear.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 1:
Open the “MinGW Installation
Manager” at
“C:\MinGW\bin\mingw-get.exe”.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 2:
Update the catalogue:
a. Click the “Installation” menu.
Click the “Update Catalogue”
option.

b. Verify that the “Update

Catalogue Dialog” is open.

c. Wait until the download process

is complete.

d. Click the “Close” button.

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Installing MinGW Components

Step 3:
Set MinGW Base to install:
a. Click the checkbox
beside “mingw32-base”.

b. Click the “Mark for

Installation” option.

c. Verify that the checkbox

beside “ming32-base” is
now ticked.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 4:
Set C++ compiler to install:
a. Click the checkbox
beside “mingw32-gcc-
g++”.

b. Click the “Mark for

Installation” option.

c. Verify that the checkbox

beside “ming32-gcc-g++” is
now ticked.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 5:
Set Objective-C compiler to
install:
a. Click the checkbox
beside “mingw32-gcc-objc”.

b. Click the “Mark for

Installation” option.
Verify that the checkbox
beside “ming32-gcc-objc” is
now ticked.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 6:
Set Objective-C compiler to
install:
a. Click the checkbox beside
“mingw32-gcc-objc”.

b. Click the “Mark for

Installation” option.

c. Verify that the checkbox

beside “ming32-gcc-objc” is
now ticked.
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 6:
Queue for installation:
a. Click the “Installation” menu.

b. Click the “Apply Changes” option.

c. Verify that the “Schedule of

Pending Actions” is displayed.

d. Click the “Apply” button.

e. This will take time. Wait for the

download process to complete.

f. Click the “Close” button.

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Installing MinGW Components

Step 7:
Verify that the following have
a green checkbox:
a. mingw32-base
b. mingw32-gcc-g++
c. mingw32-gcc-objc
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Installing MinGW Components

Step 8:
Manually close the “MinGW
Installation Manager”.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 1:
Press the “[Windows Logo]
Windows” and the “Pause”
keys at the same time. This
will open the Windows
System window.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 2:
Click the “Advanced System
Settings” link on the left pane
of the window to open the
System Properties dialog.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 3:
Click the “Environment
Variables…” button.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 4:
Under system variables,
locate and select the “Path”
variable.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 5:
Click the “Edit” button.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 6:
a. Add MinGW’s Bin folder as
entries:
For Windows 10:
i. Click the “New”
button.
ii. Enter
“C:\MinGW\bin” in the
textbox.
iii. Click the “OK”
button.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 6:
b. For Windows 8.1 and earlier
versions:
i. Verify that the “Path”
value is displayed in the
“Variable name” textbox.
ii. In the “Variable value”
textbox, add the following
lines without the
quotations:
“;C:\MinGW\bin;” (take
note of the semi-colons
placed in front and at the
back of the file path.)
iii. Click the “OK” button.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 7:
Click the “OK” button.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 8:
Click the “OK” button to close
the System Properties
dialog.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 9:
Close the Windows System
window.
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Configuring Microsoft Windows Path

Step 10:
To test if you correctly
performed the steps:
a. Open a command
prompt.
b. Enter “g++ --version”.
c. Verify that the “g++
(GCC) 5.3.0” is displayed.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 1:
In your user’s My Documents
(or Documents) folder, create
a new folder named
“Projects”. Note: This will
serve as our parent project
directory throughout the
course.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 2:
Inside our project directory,
create a new folder
“AMAOEd-CompProg1-
Week004”. This is our Week
004 directory.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 3:
Login to Github using your
account.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 4:
Visit the Github repository,
https://github.com/JimAlvare
z/projects-templates. This
repository contains the
project templates for Visual
Studio Code, for one, which
covers the essential settings
we will need for the projects.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 5:
Click the “Clone or download
(arrow down icon)” button.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 6:
Click the “Download ZIP”
link.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 7:
Extract the downloaded
archive to our parent project
directory.
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 8:
Copy the following folders
inside “projects-templates-
master\templates\vscode\c++”
folder to our Week 004
directory:
a. “.vscode”
b. “src”
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Downloading Project Templates for Visual Studio

Step 9:
By this time, our “AMAOEd-
CompProg1-Week004” should
have two folders (i.e. “.vscode”
and “src”).
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Adding C++ Extension to Visual Studio Code

Lastly, we need to install the
C/C++ Extension for Visual
Studio to support C and C++
applications.

Step 1:
Open Visual Studio Code.
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Adding C++ Extension to Visual Studio Code

Step 2:
Click the “Extension
(CTRL+SHIFT+X)” icon on the
left pane.
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Adding C++ Extension to Visual Studio Code

Step 3:
Enter “C/C++” in the textbox. A
list of extensions will be
displayed that supports C/C++.
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Adding C++ Extension to Visual Studio Code

Step 4:
Select the first item with
“C/C++” purple icon.
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Adding C++ Extension to Visual Studio Code

Step 5:
Click the “Install” icon of the
“C/C++” extension.
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Hello World
Step 1:
Open Visual Studio Code.
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Hello World
Open our project folder
“AMAOEd-CompProg1-
Week004”.

Step 2:
Under File menu, click “Open
Folder… [CTRL + K CTRL+O]”
option.
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Hello World
Step 3:
Locate and select our
“AMAOEd-CompProg1-
Week004” folder.
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Hello World
Step 4:
Click the “Select Folder” button.
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Hello World
Step 5:
Verify that under the Explorer
pane (left side), there are two
folders available (i.e. “.vscode”
and “src” folders).
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Hello World
Step 6:
There are times that Visual
Studio Code will download
several updates and packages
for our project. Let the
download complete first before
proceeding.
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Hello World
Open our project folder
“AMAOEd-CompProg1-
Week004”.

Step 7:
In the code, under the TO DO
comments, add the line: cout
<< “Hello World”;
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Hello World
Step 8:
This is case-sensitive. Do not
capitalize any part of the line
outside of the quotation marks.
The line ends with a semi-colon
(;).
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Hello World
Build and run our application.

Step 9:
Click the “Debug
(CTRL+SHIFT+D)” icon.
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Hello World
Step 10:
Click the “Start Debugging“
button with a green play icon.