Integrated Development Environment (IDE) contains all of the things you need to develop, compile, link, and debug your programs. So firstly we learn how to install it.
Now the question arises of which Integrated Development Environment (IDE) we should need to install for C programming. Here we will decide according to our operating system.
Windows machine:
If you are developing on a Windows machine, then you have two choices:
1) If disk space and/or download size are not a constraint, then we recommend Visual Studio 2017. When you run the installer, you’ll eventually come to a screen that asks you what workload you would like to install. Then select “Desktop development with C++.”
The default options on the right side of the screen should be better, but ensure that the Windows 10 SDK is selected. The Windows 10 SDK can be used on older versions of Windows, so you can run it on Windows 7 or 8.
2) If disk space is short, then you should install Microsoft’s free Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows Desktop.
Linux or Windows IDEs
If you are developing on Linux and want to write programs that you can easily port to Linux, we recommend Code::Blocks. Code::Blocks is a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE that will run on both Linux and Windows.
Windows users: make sure to get the version with MinGW bundled.
With Code::Blocks, C++11/C++14 functionality may be disabled by default. You’ll definitely want to check and turn it on. First, go to Settings->Compiler (as shown in the diagram given below).
Then check the box marked “Have g++ follow…
Note: when you installed Code::Blocks, some errors may have occurred, such as “Can’t find compiler executable in your configured search paths for GNU GCC Compiler.” If you run into this, try the following:
On Windows, make sure you have downloaded the version of Code::Blocks WITH MinGW. It is the one with “mingw” in the name.
- Try doing a full uninstall, then reinstall.
- Try going to settings and compiler and choose “reset to defaults.”
- Try a different compiler.
Turbo Compiler.
You can also use the Turbo compiler if you do not want to install Visual Basic and Code::Blocks. The compiler is very easy to install and easy to download and takes up very little space.
Link for Code block Click here to download the compiler.
link for code::block Click here to download code: block
Mac users can use Xcode if it is available , or Eclipse. It is not set up to use C++ by default, and you will need to install the optional C++ components.