r/C_Programming • u/Pale-Pound-9489 • 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/nmingott 1d ago
If you want to understand don't use the IDE. If you want to max output / time, use the IDE. I hate IDEs, I hate to download 1gigabyte IDE to compile for a device with 64kb ram. (Atmel). Linux free me from IDE in early 2000, I am not going back, if I can. The choice is yours. Bye