C/C++ IDE for windows 7 starter.

[digit.sh]

Friends,
please suggest a C/C++ IDE for windows 7 starter edition. Its for my cousin who is in class 10 and wants to learn C. I suggested him vi/gcc but he refuses to install linux.
VC++ would be too heavy for his netbook, so suggest other IDEs. The lighter, the better. Automatic code completion is not a must.

 

[utkarsh73]

Try Code::Blocks.
Its good, light on system and most user friendly.

 

[Vyom]

+1 to Code::blocks which now is a 2nd name for "IDE" for C, C++ or Java.

 

[$$Lionking$$]

djgpp

 

[digit.sh]

thank you Utkarsh and all,
just checked out code::blocks, its perfect for him.

 

[nims11]

since he is a starter, he doesn't need any advanced features an IDE offers p). It is better for him to learn the command line way. since he isn't installing linux, install cygwin and start.

 

[RahulB]

How about Bloodshed Dev C++

 

[kg11sgbg]

^ It's quite good for starters/beginners,but "code::blocks" is much better.
He can even try codelite.

 

[gforz]

+1 Bloodshed Dev C++ ,good for beginners.

 

[$$Lionking$$]

^ It's quite good for starters/beginners,but "code::blocks" is much better.
He can even try codelite.

code::blocks better and bloodshed for starters. really? bloodshed is the best thing that cud ever happen to a computer programmer born in and after 1985.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

1. Seriously? Is reading stickies that hard? Closing.
2. In any case Codeblocks will do.
3. Anyone who is recommending Bloodshed Dev C++ has been sleeping since 2005. It hasn't had a release since then. Whether you're born in 1985 or 2012.