Originally posted by schnzrs
If you want to make programs, Python or Dev C++ is the way to go. I have some experience in C++ and maybe a year or so more in Python.
Both can make command line applications or visual applications (wx widgets FTW!)
Both can also compile to .exe format (C++ does this at program compile, python does this via the py2exe add-on)
Programming is not easy, and won't be something you can master in a week, or month, or even a year. Youtube is a great help for programming, but my best suggestion would be to buy a book about a programming language (Python or C++, as I said.)
You seem like you are just starting, and if so... I would recommend Python to make applications. It is powerful, fairly easy, and it just makes sense.