Shoutbox

I've finally bought some books and started to learn C++. But what I would like to know is, if there is any other program out there that is easier than Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 for writing and compiling my programs.

Since I was a big user of Visual Basic (Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0) it's hard for me to just switch over to typing a sheet of code and no graphical design and layout of the controls. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 offers about half of what I want. It allows you to layout your controls ext. but the flow and user friendly part of the program is crap. I'm wondering if there is any thing that is similar to Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 for C++.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.