Most of the CS and IT Students learn C Programming as their first programming language.
In this article, I will introduce you the most used, simple, easy and Recommended IDE's for C Programming (for beginners) to get started learning your first programming language.
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That will make you focus on learning C Programming, rather than understanding the functions of the IDE's at beginners level.
These IDE's will enable you to start doing programs just after you install them on your system.
Let's get started
1. Turbo C/C++ IDE
Turbo C is the quite old C Programming IDE. It was developed by Borland Company for MS DOS operating system.
But this IDE is still famous to start learning C Programming due it's very simple interface.
Though this IDE can't be installed and used directly on recent Windows systems, still it is used with the help of emulator softwares like Dos Box.
Download link - https://turboc-7-by-akki.software.informer.com/
2. Dave C/C++ IDE
Dave C IDE is a modern and lightweight C Programming IDE. It is used with GCC compiler. It is an opensource software means it's free to use. It can be used on all versions of Windows 7/8/8.1/10.
GCC is the opensource compiler for C Programming language and MinGW project provides GCC compiler for Windows systems.
3. Code Blocks C/C++ IDE
Code-blocks is also a modern and full featured C Programming IDE.
It's an opensource software too. It is a cross platform IDE, means it can be installed and used on Windows, Mac OS and Linux systems and the your programs will be same irrespective of operating system used.
It's the most recommended C Programming IDE as it has all the features of modern Programming IDE's.
Download links -
for Windows 64 bit - https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/20.03/Windows/codeblocks-20.03mingw-setup.exe/download
for Mac OS - https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/13.12/MacOS/CodeBlocks-13.12-mac.zip/download
for Debian Linux - https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/20.03/Linux/Debian%2010/codeblocks_20.03_amd64_stable.tar.xz/download
Conclusion
Try installing and using these IDE's on your system. And check all the features available. Choose the one that you think is simple and easy to learn to get started.
Later on you can move on to some advanced IDE's like Netbeans, Eclipse and Visual Studio etc.
The Turbo C/C++ IDE can be used on any operating system that supports Dos Box like emulators. and the Dave C/C++ IDE can be installed on Windows systems only. But Code Blocks C/C++ IDE is available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
Turbo C/C++ IDE is obsolete now, but it is still good for learning purpose only and not practical for doing software development projects.
So these are the Recommended IDE's for C Programming (for beginners), let's try out these on your systems.
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