NP, the advice is much appreciated!

So, it sounds like I should get comfortable with MSVE and notepad++ as well as a standalone compiler. I'm leaning towards MinGW atm because I plan on getting back into Linux soon, and I'll probably try QtCreator with it. Other than that, I guess I need to spend my first dollar on Sublime.

Does anybody use Vim? Is it similar to Sublime at all? I'm kind of liking it so far, except for a few awkward keybindings that don't favor dvorak much.

Edit: Also if anyone knows any good online courses for trig and calc, feel free to share. They only taught up to algebra in my schools. :|

My understanding is that the Dev-C++ project was revived by someone else in 2011.

Found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev-C%2B%2B#Development_status

I don't have any one language under my belt, I'm not up on best practices, and I haven't built anything substantial, but I am very familiar with coding and have done a lot of dabbling over the years.

Could you recommend a tutorial/guide that doesn't involve an IDE? The two that I'm working off of use an IDE.

EDIT: Nevermind, I remembered the distinction between compilers and IDEs, so I don't need any more tutorials (the bookmarks overfloweth).