Googling for "c ide -C++" produces too many results for C++, as well as unrelated results. These search terms seem too short to produce relevant results. Does anyone have a link to a free, Win32 C IDE that does step-through debugging like Visual Studio?
Many IDEs these days support very many languages, and most C++ IDEs have perfectly fine support for C.
I'd recommend Code::Blocks, a Free, cross-platform IDE that supports many compilers.
Visual studio has an express edition that´s free.
http://www.microsoft.com/express/default.aspx
EDIT: VS does compile C and C++
Microsoft Visual C++ is Microsoft's implementation of the C and C++ compiler and associated languages services and specific tools for integration with the Visual Studio IDE. It can compile either in C mode or C++ mode. For C, it follows the ISO C standard with parts of C99 spec along with MS-specific additions in the form of libraries.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio#Included_products
Eclipse has a C Development Tool.
Although it seems like a lot of people don't realize it, Netbeans also has plugins for C++.
Dev-C++ is an open source IDE for c/c++
Here is the features list:
- Support GCC-based compilers
- Integrated debugging (using GDB)
- Project Manager
- Customizable syntax highlighting editor
- Class Browser
- Code Completion
- Function listing
- Profiling support
- Quickly create Windows, console, static libraries and DLLs
- Support of templates for creating your own project types
- Makefile creation
- Edit and compile Resource files
- Tool Manager
- Print support
- Find and replace facilities
- CVS support
The "C++ IDE's" work with C codes as well.
I should point out that MSVC has C compiler. If you name your file .c it will use the C compiler instead of the C++ compiler.
Open Watcom C/C++ - not just the IDE but the entire set of compilers and tools for development
Eclipse - although it's heavy and nasty and likes to crash it's probably the best solution among free IDEs.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/842520/free-c-language-ides