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C Language Introduction

C Langauge

What is C?

  • C is a general-purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Laboratories in 1972.
  • It is a very popular language, despite being old.
  • C is strongly associated with UNIX, as it was developed to write the UNIX operating system.

Why Learn C?

  • It is one of the most popular programming language in the world.
  • If you know C, you will have no problem learning other popular programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, etc, as the syntax is similar.
  • C is very fast, compared to other programming languages, like Java and Python.
  • C is very versatile; it can be used in both applications and technologies.

 

Difference between C and C++-

  • C++ was developed as an extension of C, and both languages have almost the same syntax
  • The main difference between C and C++ is that C++ support classes and objects, while C does not.

C Install IDE

  • An IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is used to edit AND compile the code.


  • Popular IDE's include Code::Blocks, Eclipse, and Visual Studio. These are all free, and they can be used to both edit and debug C code.
  • Note: Web-based IDE's can work as well, but functionality is limited.
  • We will use Code::Blocks in our tutorial, which we believe is a good place to start.
  • You can find the latest version of Codeblocks at http://www.codeblocks.org/. Download the mingw-setup.exe file, which will install the text editor with a compiler.

 

 First Program


 

 

 

 
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