Thread: Ideal IDE for C Prog - For Begginers

Guys which would be the most ideal IDE for beginners?

1.It should easily point out/highlight idiotic syntax and spelling errors like the one i did in my previous thread!

2.INTELLISENSE Support Preferred.

3.And it should also be fairly easy to setup and navigate.


Right now i am using DevC++ and it has no intellisense and doesn't do a very good job of highlighting errors either(jus my personal opinion..no offense to those who use it!)

Ok, just about any IDE with syntax highlighting is going to give you most of what you want... and that's all of them.
(hint... if it ain't coloured, you probably misspelled it.)

I'd be more concerned about you using DEV C++ ... it's getting pretty outdated and except for a faltering attempt to update it, it's largely been abandoned.

If you are only doing C coding Pelles C is a good choice... builds 32 and 64 bit executables, comes with a full suite of Windows development tools, has a great help file that fully documents the IDE, toolchain and library and it's free.

If you are doing mixed C and C++ you might want to check out code:blocks with MinGw I found this one to be a bit more complicated to work with, but it seems very complete... except no Resource Editors for Windows.

There are others, of course... a bit of Google time will find them for you.

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Ok, just about any IDE with syntax highlighting is going to give you most of what you want... and that's all of them.
(hint... if it ain't coloured, you probably misspelled it.)

I'd be more concerned about you using DEV C++ ... it's getting pretty outdated and except for a faltering attempt to update it, it's largely been abandoned.

If you are only doing C coding Pelles C is a good choice... builds 32 and 64 bit executables, comes with a full suite of Windows development tools, has a great help file that fully documents the IDE, toolchain and library and it's free.

If you are doing mixed C and C++ you might want to check out code:blocks with MinGw I found this one to be a bit more complicated to work with, but it seems very complete... except no Resource Editors for Windows.

There are others, of course... a bit of Google time will find them for you.

It isn't colouring any of my text!

All are the same black color!...Thats one of the primary reason why i hate it!

And yes i can google the stuff...but i'd rather prefer a first hand experience from those who have used it...Thats why i posted it here!

Originally Posted by MK27

You may want to look at this current thread:

Favorite IDE?

I think the poll is for the best/most feature packed IDE rather than the one that'd be good and easy to use for beginners...

And i would really like a IDE with intellisense which isn't mentioned anywhere in the post!

Netbeans, primarily used for java, has some C/C++ features that you can hook up with MinGW. If you're a beginner, it might be a good choice because it can be used with several different languages. That way if you don't like C, maybe you can try it out for something else.

Originally Posted by MK27

True, and I have heard beginners gripe about Eclipse, but YMMV.



I believe "intellisense" is microsoft's proprietary term for autocompletion, which I'd guess all modern IDEs and most code oriented editors have in some form.

If you're on windows, I'd give Pelles C a try first. It is probably simpler than something involving mingw.

What's wrong with Visual Studio, BTW? Isn't there a free "home" version?

Just downloaded Pelles C...
First Questionoes it support AutoCompletion?
Second Question:If yes then how to enable it cause i can't seem to get it work!

And as far as Visual Studio is concerned...i had used it a while back for some basic C# prog...
I don't think it supports C as a native enviornment!...if it does plz let me knw.

Originally Posted by Anitrex

Just downloaded Pelles C...
First Questionoes it support AutoCompletion?
Second Question:If yes then how to enable it cause i can't seem to get it work!

And as far as Visual Studio is concerned...i had used it a while back for some basic C# prog...
I don't think it supports C as a native enviornment!...if it does plz let me knw.

No Pelles C won't auto complete a keyword for you... and I'm not sure you would want it to.

Climb into the Pelles C help file ... yes, really, no joke... and cruise around to get the feel for things.
In particular pay attention to the section on POIDE and the "My First Project" tutorial...

What are your opinions about using Turbo C++??

Most of my seniors have it...

Hw ever nt sure whether they use it for C or C++..

Originally Posted by Anitrex

What are your opinions about using Turbo C++??

Of all the choices you could make... I'd rank that dead last... there are lots of reasons, the biggest being that it's not standards compliant (the current standard being C99) and some of the older versions produce 16 bit code that won't even run on newer 64 bit operating systems.

What's wrong with Pelles?

@mk27 ... can you figure out what the letters ... GFY... might suggest you do?

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