[Gretl-users] Compiling gretl on Windows

I have started learning C in order to be able to help in the development of gretl. My earlier programming experinces are mostly MATLAB, R, GAUSS and FORTRAN. I am working on Windows, and wants to compile and develop gretl on Windows. Well, now I want all useful help to get this project working. What are your experiences on compiling gretl on Windows? Which compiler is best to use? MinGW? Or is it possible to use the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler? Right now I am in the beginning, trying to figure out which IDE is best to use. I am choosing between Code::Blocks, Dev-C++, wxDev-C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. Any suggestion about which to use? Dev-C++ and wxDev-C++ seems to have integrated support for CVS, which should be good when working with gretl. But it looks like they are not in active development anymore. Code::Blocks is free, cross-platform, in active development, and supports multiple compilers, including MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. On the other hand, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition seems to have more help files and many other good features. Best regards Andreas