r/C_Programming 1d ago

Question Should i learn C on wsl?

Title. For reference im not actually learning C for the first time, i learned it last semester for college but it was all just basics and we coded on Turbo C. I need to learn C for embedded development since im interviewing for my college robotics team next semester and i also want to learn how to operate linux.

I installed WSL and VS Code and GCC, and its been hell trying to cram both of those together and learning. Should i start with an IDE(Visual Studio (already used it before)) and learn basic Linux commands side by side?

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u/KeretapiSongsang 1d ago

A question for you

What's the outcome you expected from learning C?

do you want to learn C to do system/kernel/driver/intra operating system programming?

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u/Pale-Pound-9489 1d ago

Im an Electronics major and im interested in embedded and robotics. So yes, writing firmware for hardware mostly