Installation and trying D

First, download ZIP-archive with D compiler. Then unpack it into... for example c:/dmd2. You need directories: html and man (documentation), samples, src (for including), windows (binary, libraries) and README.TXT. Create somewhere test file, for example a.d:

import std.stdio;

int main(string[] args) {
    int[string] d;

    d["qwe"] = 12;
    d["asd"] = 13;
    d["zxc"] = 14;
    writef("%d\n", d["asd"]);

    int i = 10;
    typeof(i) j = 90;
    writef("%d", j);
    return 0;
}

Then create dmd.conf file (or sc.ini) with next content:

[Environment]
LIB="c:\dmd2\windows\lib"

DFLAGS="-Ic:\dmd2\src\phobos" "-Ic:\dmd2\src\druntime\import"
LINKCMD="c:\dmd2\windows\bin\link"
DDOCFILE=mysettings.ddoc

Now create Makefile:

DBIN=c:/dmd2/windows/bin
LINK=$(DBIN)/link
DMD=$(DBIN)/dmd
RM=rm -rf

DFLAGS=
LFLAGS=

SRC=a.d
OBJS=$(SRC:.d=.o)
EXES=$(SRC:.d=.exe)

.SUFFIXES: .d
.d.o:
 $(DMD) $(DFLAGS) -c $< -of$@


clean:
 $(RM) $(OBJS) $(EXES)

######################################################################
a: a.o
 $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $<

Now you can compile first D program:

make a

and run it:

a.exe
13
90