Programming in C

I'm using a Mac, but if I was using Windows I'd install cygwin and use it to install gcc. Cygwin provides a simple point-and-click interface for installing Unix software on Windows (by emulating the lower levels of Linux and running the Unix software on top of that).

Three benefits:

• You only need to worry about compiling your programs, not learning an IDE as well;
• You'll be using the same environment as those on this site using Linux and Mac (gcc and a bash shell), so everyone should be able to help out if you run into difficulties;
• Having a Unix-like environment available might be helpful for Lesson 8: The UNIX System Interface - I'm not sure how a pure Windows C compiler would work with that section of the book.

Thanks, Cygwin might be a little more than I want to bite into at the moment, but one day.

Cheers!

I've never used Cygwin, but I'll have to try it on my Windows laptop. I like Codeblocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/

Even though it is listed as a C++ IDE, you can use it for C programming, as well. I now have it installed on Windows and Linux on my Desktop.

I will try Codeblocks, thanks!

Hey, try using bloodshed, http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html. it will automatically install gcc if you dont have it installed and provides a nice ide for c/c++ development.

I will give it a shot, thanks!

I use Codeblocks mingw setup, which includes the GCC compiler and GDB debugger (http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries).

Second recommendation for this one, I will definitely give it a shot, thanks!

I ended up installing MinGW from mingw.org. Thanks!