Question

What do you recommend IDE for C Programming?

Answer 1

I would say, Visual Studio 2010 (Express if you want it free) since it uses .NET Framework, and when you use the C++ environment, you can use C, since is a predecesor of C++ itself.

But I find this looking with GOOGLE:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=371141

http://bytes.com/topic/c/answers/652011-ide-beginner

Just make sure to grasp the core learning of the langauge itself, then move on with the specifics regarding to the platform they work on like .NET vs JDK and among other technologies and frameworks :)

Answer 2

Emacs. :-)

Answer 3

Yeah, I read that somewhere, but I never used it, but I seen is unix-based, so it means it is with text and probably the latest version it is quite good. But for agile software, I don't think it makes the cut, unless you are really skillful with it and the language itself, even tho with a complete IDE, would rather be faster, don't you think?

Answer 4

What about CodeBlocks? It's pretty easy to use, available for Linux/Windows, and it has a nice out-of-the-box debugger. That's just my opinion though.

Answer 5

@fr33 I reckon there's an Emacs version for Windows too, so no worries. The learning curve for it might be somehow steep, but it's worth the effort once you grasp it.. or almost :P

Answer 6

if you are doing C++ i would recommend Bloodshed's IDE DEV-C++
the website is:

http://bloodshed.net/

Answer 7

oh.. thanks for the help guys! :)

Answer 8

Best IDE is without a doubt Code::blocks , cross platform , can accept Dev bloodshed projects , visual studio projects , has built in usage for graphics, sound , Arm/Avr development , can accept dev bloodshed .paks as well , I use it and it works really well