If you have no experience with C++ at all I suggest you follow some tutorials from websites I link to below. First though you will need a good compiler and IDE. I recommend Code::Blocks, it is easy to setup if you have Windows - just click downloads on the left and scroll down a bit. It has an option for with or without compiler - if you havn't already got the MINGW compiler on your system (if you've never programmed in C++ before you probably havn't) choose the option with the compiler. Download it and install it, and your ready to go

Alternatively you could download and install Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition. Which is useful if you plan to program windows applications, however codeblocks is smaller and quicker to startup so I'd recommend that for game programming.

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Lastly the most useful site I have found while programming has definatly been GameDev.net, it has a very helpful community who are willing to help out with many programming related problems.