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Now that I have a suitable Fortran compiler I wonder what would be a good IDE. Anyway here is what I did:
I am new to programming and command prompt usage. Here is the tutorial I used, then an added step that was necessary not covered in the link:
http://www.neuralwiki.org/index.php?title=Guide_to_installing_Fortran_in_Windows_Vista
(1). I downloaded/installed Gfortran and G77, setup PATHS, following instructions in link. Then I copied and pasted the following Hello World program in into the notepad text editor that comes with Vista:
The indentation is 6 spaces.
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PROGRAM HELLOW
WRITE(UNIT=*, FMT=*) 'Hello World'
END
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(2). Saved the notepad doc as test.f and then in command prompt from the folder I saved it in typed ' gfortran test.f '.
It created a .exe file called 'a' in same folder.
(3). In prompt I typed ' gfortran test.f -o test.exe '
Then entered and then ran it by merely typing ' test '.
This is what it looked like in prompt:
> gfortran test.f
> gfortran test.f -o test.exe
> test
Hello World
So now that I have a working Fortran compiler what I would like to know is what would be the best IDE, figuring in the fact that I am a total novice.
I am new to programming and command prompt usage. Here is the tutorial I used, then an added step that was necessary not covered in the link:
http://www.neuralwiki.org/index.php?title=Guide_to_installing_Fortran_in_Windows_Vista
(1). I downloaded/installed Gfortran and G77, setup PATHS, following instructions in link. Then I copied and pasted the following Hello World program in into the notepad text editor that comes with Vista:
The indentation is 6 spaces.
____________________________________________
PROGRAM HELLOW
WRITE(UNIT=*, FMT=*) 'Hello World'
END
____________________________________________
(2). Saved the notepad doc as test.f and then in command prompt from the folder I saved it in typed ' gfortran test.f '.
It created a .exe file called 'a' in same folder.
(3). In prompt I typed ' gfortran test.f -o test.exe '
Then entered and then ran it by merely typing ' test '.
This is what it looked like in prompt:
> gfortran test.f
> gfortran test.f -o test.exe
> test
Hello World
So now that I have a working Fortran compiler what I would like to know is what would be the best IDE, figuring in the fact that I am a total novice.