OK, C++ noob here asking a very nooby question (sorry) but whenever I write my basic programs (helloworld etc.) they always appear in a command prompt window. I want to make proper windows like in Word and other programs. I know it is possible to do this because of all the programs I use every day. But how do I do this in C++? For all the Java veterans out there, I want it to be like a JFrame, but the C++ equivalent.
C++ doesn't have a UI library out of the box, so you need to choose one.
Popular options would be MFC (under Windows/Visual C++) or Qt (with quite a lot additional libraries and features, working on many platforms).