An Intro to C for Windows Devs

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This will be the first part in a series of workshops that introduce students to the C programming language, specifically for the Windows platform. The items discussed in this workshop series will serve as a prerequisite for those interested in taking the SEC670 course. This first part will cover basic items such as, setting up Visual Studio Community, creating a project, developing your first project, etc. We will then dive into C itself covering data types, the anatomy of a function, statements, variables, directives, and debugging.

Take the whole series!

• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 2
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 3
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 4
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 5
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 6
• An intro to C for Windows - Part 7
• An intro to C for Windows - Part 8
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 9
• An Intro to C for Windows - Part 10

System Requirements:

• Host system must be 64 bit, ARM is not supported.
• Windows 7 to Windows 11 21H2 and higher
• Recommended CPU should be quad-core or better 
• 8 GB of RAM
• Installation requires about 50GB of space. Recommended to have at least 100GB of free space
• VS2019 Community, install C/C++ plugin during installation and setup