I've just downloaded VS Code, and am struggling to work out the basics of running any programs. I'm attempting to run a basic Hello World program in C:
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
I found out that I needed to download a C compiler to run C programs on VS-Code, so I downloaded Visual Studio with C++ from the Microsoft website, which basically installed Visual Studio 2019. The heading on the link said "Develop C and C++ applications", so I figured it would at least let me program in C.
After doing this, in VS-Code I downloaded the C/C++ extension from Microsoft, and the Code Runner extension by Jun Han, which was recommended by a YouTube video. I then selected the Run Code (...environment? application?), and pressed the Play button on the top-right. The output in the terminal was:
[Running] cd "c:\Users\Leo\Documents\VSC Test Project\" && gcc test.c -o test && "c:\Users\Leo\Documents\VSC Test Project\"test
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.078 seconds
I don't understand the error - so I opened Visual Studio 2019 to see if I could develop C applications in that. But no, only C++. Did Microsoft lie to me, or is there something else I need to do to configure C in VS2019?
Basically, I have no idea what I'm doing in VS-Code, and would really appreciate someone taking the time to break down how to actually run a program in there, and get C working. Or if there's a simple solution that allows me to write C in VS-2019, that would be equally great.