Thread: starting coding again! tips please !

Code blocks is good - I use it on Windows 10

I've always found the best way to get good at a programming language is to go to a forum (like this) and fix other peoples code.


Start simple: Something like a converter from fahrenheit to celcius -

You may want to go through a tutorial to get you started - C Tutorial - Learn C - Cprogramming.com

I should also mention Project Euler - It is a great way to polish your programming and learn some algorithms

Originally Posted by gabeperron

in college i used visual studio and i have heard codeblocks could be good.

They are both IDEs that come bundled with different compilers. You could go with what you're familiar with, though you might need a newer version of Visual Studio to have a C compiler that is more C99 compliant.

Originally Posted by gabeperron

Furthermore, maybe someone could send me some basic text files for c codes i could practice and manipulate.

You could start with the good old "hello world" program, add in some basic standard I/O, and then implement some of the common introductory searching and sorting algorithms and data structures for practice. Reading a file of a flexible number of records into a dynamic array could help you revise malloc/realloc/free; creating and manipulating linked lists and binary trees could be good to get your head around pointers again.

Originally Posted by gabeperron

Eventually plan to make a code with a menu system with for tracking inventory. With saving and writing to disk option.

Learn to use SQLite: it will provide inspiration for your own future C API design and push you learn about SQL and relational database design if you don't already know them.