How to set up an C IDE for beginners?

Question

Hello. I am a beginner to programming. I want to know which IDE is best and user friendly for C Programming. I installed Code:Blocks but I am not able to configure it. I need some IDE like Atom.io. It should be stylish. I don't want something like Turbo C. Please help me.

Answer 1

You can get MinGW at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/

after you install codeblock and mingw
open your codeblock, go to settings -> compiler
you can create a new profile by copying or rename existing compiler.
head to the "toolchain executables" tab
change the compiler directory to the installed mingw directory, and everything else on the "Program Files" below to your mingw/bin ...

after that the compiler should be working

Answer 2

Thanks. Actually CodeBlocks was able to find compiler path. I changed it. Now it is working.

Answer 3

Did you download the code blocks with compiler included?

http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26
called codeblocks-17.12mingw-setup.exe

You should be able to get started right away.

Just spam next on the install screen and select the auto detected GNU compiler, create an empty file in file, save as file.c and start typing. F9 to compile and run. :)

Keep in mind that the compiler included is gcc 5.1.0. It supports C++11, but not the newest C++, but you should be fine for a while.

You may want to uninstall the other codeblocks first though.