started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

I have just started to learn C on my own. I have chosen "Apress Beginning C from Novice to Professional" by "Ivor Horton" as a guide and I am using Emacs, MingW and Code Blocks. So far It's going great. What do you think of my selection ?

Please do advice any better books for beginners, and does my current choice of Editor,Compiler and the IDE needs improvement ?

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

What you have is fine as long as you're comfortable with it.

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

Thanks for your reply Narue.

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

Yes, how you use the tools you have, how you absorb the knowledge, and how motivated you are to excel-- are all factors way more important than the book and programming tools themselves. I'm sure you will do well. Good luck.

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

Well if you are using linux you should use VI and gcc.

why did you color the text blue if it is not a link?

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

I second the vi and gcc over linux, but to each his/her own. :)

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

I say use emacs or VIM with gcc.

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Good choice with C, everone says i should have learned C, or C++ but instead i chose C# because it came to me the easiest, and i understand it more. It only matters how much you understand, and learn from it.

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Your selection looks good. The most important thing is to be comfortable with your setup when learning.
You could check out http://lib.daemon.am/Books/C/ for Sam's Teach Yourself C in 21 Days.
Or http://www.computer-books.us/c_5.php for the C-Book.

Enjoy

Re: started to learn C on my own. what do you think of my selection ?
 

I don't know why people would want to learn C/C++. C# is popular now. every one go learn C#