Before you start with C programming you need to have some tools to write and manage your program. Below list walks you through the list of required.
1] Text Editor :-
Text editor is required to edit your source files. Even though you can do all your editing work with simple text editors like notepad, they don't provide any useful source code editing features such as syntax highlighting.
So i recomend you any of below listed text editors.
i) Notepad++
ii) JEdit
Also you can search the internet to find a more suitable editor.
2] Compiler Set :-
A compiler is a program which translates a human readable source code to machine readable instructions.
There are many compilers with different implementations of C. One of the broadly used compilers is GNU's Mingw compiler suite. You can download this from GNU Website.
Microsoft C compiler, Turbo C, Cobra are some of many compilers available.
Integrated Development Environment
Instead of using separate tools for different tasks you can use an all in one software called Integrated Development Environment or IDE in short for all editing, compiling, debugging etc. processes. There are many commercial as well as free IDEs available. I will list some of broadly used IDEs.
1. Netbeans - You can get it from Netbeans website
2. Code::Blocks -. This is an open source ide. You can get both binaries and source code from sourceforge website.( just search for it)
3. Codelite -. This also a lightweight opensource ide. You can get both binaries and source code from sourceforge website.(just search for it)
4. Eclipse -. You can get it from Eclipse website
After choosing and installing the required tools in your computer you are ready to play with C programming language.
I will continue with basic structure of a C program in Part II.
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