What exactly do u need(software like notepad?) when doing "c" programming?? can u do it on windows xp?

Yes you can do C programming on Windows XP.





The only tools you need is a C compiler (you cand find a good/opensource one here http://www.mingw.org/)


And a editor (i.e notepad)





For more advanced programming or huge project development, you'll probably need source control programs (cvs/svn), a more advanced editor or a IDE, and a make program..





Also you could use Visual Studio C++ for overall usage (minus source control)

What exactly do u need(software like notepad?) when doing "c" programming?? can u do it on windows xp?
You can also download a C compiler in Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com), but you'll be limited to command line programs.





If you want to learn GUI programming, try Java or buy a student version of Microsoft Visual C++ or C#





I like vim as an editor, but that is not for newbies. You can try notepad or emacs.
Reply:just notepad
Reply:you can in-put more then tex in a notpad


you can import ..........pictures /music/movie


in to 1 notepad or word document if you know how
Reply:You can normally use any text editor. But, you do need the compiler programs to do anything with it. If you have compiler programs for XP, then normally you can do it there.





I like Kate, which comes with all main linux distros, because it gives you color feedback on your programming logic.

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