C Get Started

In this tutorial, we will learn about Get Started, Syntax, and Basic Program of C.

Get Started

To Start using C, you need two things:

• A text-editor (like Notepad++, Code::Blocks and so on.), to write C programming code.
• A compiler, like GCC, to translate the C code into Assembly language code (the code that computer will understand).

C Compilers and IDE

There ara many C compilers and IDEs are available which you can use to compile and run :

• Apple C. Xcode (Only supported by Apple OS.)
• Bloodshed Dev-C
• Turbo C/C++
• MINGW - "Minimalist GNU for Windows"
• Code::Blocks
• Notepad++

Install IDE

• An IDE (Intefrated Development Environment) is used to edit and Compile the code.
• Popular IDE's include - Code::Blocks, Eclipse, Dev-C++ and Visual Studio.
• These above mention IDE's are Open Source and they can be used to edit and debug C code.
• We recommend Code::Blocks for practice our examples, which we believe is a good place to start coding.

Quickstart

• Let's create our First C file in Code::Blocks.
• Open Codeblocks and go to File > New > Empty File.
• Write the following C Code and save the file as myfirstprogram.c (File > Save File as):

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
  // printf() displays the string inside quotation
  printf("Hello, World!");
  return 0;
}

Output

Hello World!

Focus on how to run the code. and see the result of the above program.

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In the next tutorial, you'll learn about C Keywords & Identifiers.