Help Getting Started

[rtmorrison]

Hello All. I am a 35+ year IT professional having spent the past 15+ years in management after starting out as a developer. Since I'm nearing the end of career, I want to rekindle my passion for development and I'm targeting C++ as the language of choice. I plan to learn and prepare for some potential part time work post retirement.

I would appreciate recommendations on how best to get started, in particular:
1. What IDE to use? (I'm currently evaluating NetBeans)
2. Mac or Windows? (I prefer Mac but can do both)
3. What learning resources are best? (I don;t consider myself a beginner, I have all the basic knowledge of programming)
Any other recommendations.

Thanks
rtmorrison

[tdp]

1. The IDE isn't too important, as long as it supports the language you want to work with and the compiler is decent.
2. Either. For Mac Xcode is a pretty popular go to. For Windows, I personally use Visual Studio, but there are many popular and great IDE's out there.
3. Books and videos have helped me the most. Videos for an introduction to the concept, books for an in depth detailed description and to truly understand the concept.