Posted it in the wrong place, sorry

Hello peoples, as you can tell by my name, ima newbie coder, and barely know the basic concept of a non object oriented scripting language comonly known as QBasic. I wanna learn advanced programming to make games, and random programs i may need someday (and plan for it to be part of my career). I dont know exactly how the site works, but i still need to find a C/C++ compiler, i might wanna work in visual, but i think its better if i learn in a non visual version. Based on my small knowledge of game engines, game engines are done in a non graphical way of scripting. It sounds dificult to me, but i wanna try to get to learn it the non-graphical way. Any ideas on were to find a free one? And how this site works, heard something about HomeWork? (Specialy made? or is it pre made in books?)