I have been reading up on C/C++ and need some tutorials that are easy to understand and get put into practical use (My main problem is not seeing any results of what im learning), so if you can help itd be much appreciated
Yes, you can do it manually, but that would be very tedious and if you want to program at that level you'd be better off doing it in machine code. Realistically, no, you need a compiler if you want to compile code (and a linker, and probably some other tools as well such as library manager and IDE, depending on platform).
Alrighty, and I wanted to know this so I can still practice whilst at school, I get really bored during classes