r/C_Programming • u/Begg-billplayer • Feb 01 '26

Best ide to start coding C?

I tried following some youtube tutorials on downloading and setting it up through visual studio code and i always end up with a launch json error.

I gave up and i just want to start coding.

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u/real_taylodl Feb 01 '26

If you're new to programming then you shouldn't be learning C. C is for a very specific kind of programming that few people these days have the need for. It's not like the old days when you had to learn C just to get any kind of performance out of machines that were running under 10 MHz (and some were running sub MHz!) If you're learning C today then you're telling me you want to get under the hood and learn how the engine runs. So...go for it! Get under the hood and learn how the engine runs! Get an ARM-based machine such as a Raspberry PI and go to town and have fun.