How do I compile C?

[Mexicouger]

Just wondering if there are any programs that are easy to setup so I can compile .c Files. I want to start learning the basics and test things (Try the exercises my book says to do)

But I fail to find one. Any links or helpful info?

[revelator]

for starters and if your pockets deep

http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26

get the one with the included mingw compiler.

its not msvc but its damn good newer the less

and you get the added benefit that it works with several other compilers out there if gcc doesnt fit your style.

[Feared]

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/

I believe there are compile guides around here on the forums somewhere.
Visual Studio 2010, the best IDE out there known to man. (codeblocks sucks, ololol)

[Mexicouger]

I am going to try Codeblocks for now.

[frag.machine]

[goldenboy]

[Baker]

[revelator]

unzip this in your codeblocks folder for the latest stuff.

ftp://90.184.233.166:21/codeblocks-late ... plugins.7z

includes all plugins accepted into trunk.

help compiler using doxygen (can do pretty much any format including chm).

cscope support.

and since i built this using my own fork of the mingw64 runtime (no mingw dll dependancy ).

[Sajt]

MSVC2010 is clunky as can be (unsurprisingly), but although it's a lot slower and uglier than 2005 and 2008, at least its IntelliSense isn't nearly as buggy. If you want speed anyway, use MSVC 6, though it's pretty problematic.

Nothing is clearer than GCC with makefiles though. Except I never figured out the first thing about makefiles.

[Feared]

Oh you guys!

It's okay, I see how it is. You just can't handle the man power Visual Studio has. No but seriously, I do agree that VS2010 is over bloated but these over bloated features don't get in the way and that's whats important. I guess Code blocks does the job but I mean, Visual studio can do the job so much better. If you have an hour to waste on installing it anyways.

@Sajt, Slower? What? Who? When? Where? Since when was VS2010 slow? It's nice and snappy/quick for me. The IntelliSense is wonderful now. Have you tried VS2010 outside of the beta? It's drastically improved since.

[frag.machine]

Under the risk of derailing the thread, I started learning C with Turbo C 3.1. It was really nice for a DOS based IDE. Then I found Watcom C++ 10.6 and it was my compiler of choice for years. I miss the uber-l33tness of being able to build the same program to DOS,DOS-32(with DOS4G/W),OS/2, Windows, Netware and my fridge with the same compiler.

[Baker]

[Feared]

[Baker]

[Sajt]