Hello, my name is Jake and I have been interested in learning c++ for a long time. I have asked one of friends on many occasions to teach me but it seams it will never happen. That is why I came here. I'd like to know what tools I need, any information I should get, and what kind of things I should expect from programming in this language. I would enjoy if these things were free (or cracked). I'm fairly certain I could find some source codes so there isn't much rush for that.

Thanks in advance.