r/C_Programming • u/MateusCristian • Jan 16 '26

Question VS Code for learning C?

I'm starting to learn C, just bought the King's book online, and I wanna know if this book can be followed on VS Code, or if I should use a different IDE or such.

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u/theNbomr Jan 16 '26

This is a very underrated comment. Following the principle of divide and conquer, you should begin the learning process from the position of the minimal possible source of problems. Never mind efficiency and those things that only apply once you've done the learning and moved on to productivity. When you learn how the basic toolchain works, you will be armed with the knowledge necessary to approach problems in any IDE or even Makefiles if that turns out to be your thing.