C on Visual Studio [closed]

Answer 1

Visual Studio is one of the best IDEs for C/C++. I don't think it is complicated and hard to use - if you have questions about it - ask them. Some other compilers/IDEs are fine too, but if already have Visual Studio and have used it - why not stick to it?

Answer 2

C in Visual Studio is fine, just use the command line compiler that is included in the Pro edition. Yes its the C++ compiler but treats all files ending .c as C . You can even force it to treat ALL files as C with a switch. The VS documentation has entries on it, just search the index for Visual C.

Answer 3

There's a very good reason to learn C and C++. The reason is that there's a lot of C and C++ code out there that are performing very real and important tasks. Someone who considers themselves a programmer and a learner(doubtful that you can separate the two) can learn a lot from these lines of code.

You can learn a lot from each language by studying the other, but if you really want to grok C it's a lot easier to separate yourself from anything C++ for a while. Visual C++ is great but GCC is a great way to thrust yourself into vanilla ANSI C without having to mentally sidestep any C++.

@mmattax thanks!

Answer 4

For plain C, I suggest Pelles C. Generates optimized code and supports C99 constructs.

Features:

• Support for 32-bit Windows (X86),
• 64-bit Windows (X64), and Windows Mobile (ARM). Support for the C99 standard.
• Integrated source code editor with call tips and symbol browsing. Integrated source-level debugger. Project management.
• Inline assembler for X86 and ARM.
• Integrated resource editor. Integrated bitmap, icon and cursor editor. Integrated animated cursor and video editor.
• Integrated hex-dump editor.
• Supportfor custom controls in the dialog editor. Support for custom project wizards. http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/

Answer 5

well you can use visual studio just fine take a look at here man http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread16256.html

Go to View Menu select Solution Explorer or CTRL+ ALT +L

Then Select The project that your are developing and right click on that.

Then select the Properties from the submenu.

Then select the Configuration properties from the Tree structure. under that select C/C++ then select Advanced. Now in the right side pane change the property

Compile As from Compile as C++ Code (/TP) to Compile as C Code (/TC)

Finally change your file extensions to .c

Now you configured you Visual Studio to compile C programs

And you can use NetBeans too it could even be more user friendly than Visual Studio download it you wont regret i promise

Answer 6

The problem with learning C within Visual Studio is that you are compiling C 
using the Visual Studio C++ compiler. You might want to try learning C using
the GNU GCC compiler from within the Cygwin environment in Windows.

This is a legitimate response, I posted an IDE that uses the GNU compilers, so why has he been down modded?

This is the type of thing that will make me not use SO, why down mod someone just because they are recommending a different compiler, and IMHO, a better one then Microsoft's?

get real people, and @Antonio Haley I gave you +1