Monday, January 23, 2017

Code::Block and MinGW

Quick getting started guide video: https://youtu.be/86xvFbCHPvo

You have to consider the IDE that you will chose to use in your journey of learning.  You need to consider the programming languages that are used today in order to pick an IDE that will support most of the languages. 

Installing an IDE does not guarantee that you will have all the components that you will need. The compiler and the debugger can be chosen by personal preference as separate components. 

So, when evaluating an IDE, consider all these components and do not look at an IDE like it must have everything right "out of the box". 

In this case, Code::Block is the interface that allows you to enter the source code and MinGW provides the facility to GNU GCC compiler and GDB debugger in a separate install.

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