How To Set Up Atom For C Programming

1. Introduction 

Atom is a free and open source text and powerfull source-code editor for Windows, macOS and Linux.

It comes with built-in support for plug-ins written in JavaScript, and embedded Git Control. 

Atom's default packages can apply syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages and file formats (such as C, C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Etc).

In this tutorial you will learn how to set up Atom on your local environment for C and C++.

2. Requirement

1. MinGW
• Homepage : http://www.mingw.org/
• Download : http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/ 
• Tutorial : https://www.dndsandyra.web.id/2021/10/how-to-install-mingw-on-windows.html 
2. Atom 
• Homepage : https://atom.io/ 
• Download : https://github.com/atom/atom/releases 

3. Install Atom packages

1. Open Atom, Go to Start Menu > type : Atom.
2. Click on the File menu, click on Settings.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the "Install" tab.
   
4. Install “gpp-compiler” packages
• Search for “gpp-compiler”, type in the box under Install Packages.
• Click the “Install” button to install the packages.
  
  
  
  
  
5. Now we have successfully installed code editor.

4. Install a compiler (MinGW)

Please visit the tutorial at : https://www.dndsandyra.web.id/2021/10/how-to-install-mingw-on-windows.html

5. Create C Program

To make sure the compiler is installed and configured correctly, we'll create the simplest C program.

1. Click on the File menu, click on “Add Project Folder...”.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Browse your C workspace (folder), navigate to save workspace (folder) (ex: D:\Program\Atom\).
   
   
   
   
   
3. Now create a new file called “hello.c”, right click in the Project Explorer and click on “New File”, or click on the File menu > click on New File.
   
   
   
    
4. Type “hello.c” into the box under “Enter the path for the new file”.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Write and save your first C program. Press "Ctrl+S" to save. Ex :
   
   
   

6. Compile and run C program in VS Code

Once you created your first C program it's time to compile and run your program.

1. Press F5 or right click the file in tree view and click Compile and Run.
   
   
   
   
   
2. You should see the output "Hello, DnD!".
   
   
   
   
   

Thanks for reading!