i wanna start programming with c language and got an online book , c for dummies from dan gookin but i don't know what editor or compiler to use ... can anyone tell me which is the best for newbies
thank you guys ... heard about visual studio but i wanted something easier to start with .
And one more question , is this book useful or should i start with youtube tutorials ?
Visual studio is probably the easiest to get setup and compiling on windows for sure. There also is a C/C++ version of eclipse but its just a different IDE. Comes down to preference.
As for what to start with is all up to you. I started with simple C/C++ in high school and went form there. There is a lot of free material online for learning C. It really depends on how you learn the best. I like online text tutorials as they usually have code snippets that you can copy/paste out to see what they do. Also C is one of the harder languages to learn as...
Here's a free one from a university:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/
However, most people now-a-days program for a graphical user interface, such as Microsoft Windows, and they use what's called an "integrated development environment" (IDE). Microsoft makes their Visual Studio Express available for free (scroll down to VS Express): http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads
You can grab Windows Visual C++ Express Edition. Alternatively you can look at http://www.mingw.org/ for a different compiler.
VS is probably the easiest to setup and get going. Also you should get familiar with www.stackoverflow.com as you will get a lot more programming related answers there.
thank you guys ... heard about visual studio but i wanted something easier to start with .
And one more question , is this book useful or should i start with youtube tutorials ?
thank you guys ... heard about visual studio but i wanted something easier to start with .
And one more question , is this book useful or should i start with youtube tutorials ?
Visual studio is probably the easiest to get setup and compiling on windows for sure. There also is a C/C++ version of eclipse but its just a different IDE. Comes down to preference.
As for what to start with is all up to you. I started with simple C/C++ in high school and went form there. There is a lot of free material online for learning C. It really depends on how you learn the best. I like online text tutorials as they usually have code snippets that you can copy/paste out to see what they do. Also C is one of the harder languages to learn as there is alot more to learn. Lots of good tutorials here http://www.cprogramming.com/, it even has a getting started section which has a section on setting up compiling.