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I think a big issue is where the average programmer begins his journey. If you start with visual studio and all you have to do is click “build” or “run” and all

I think a big issue is where the average programmer begins his journey. If you start with visual studio and all you have to do is click “build” or “run” and all the magic occurs in the back, of course you’ll be lost later on. If you start with C and have to write Makefiles or compile simple programs on the command line, you’ll learn much more and probably won’t run into this later. It’s tough to understand what’s going on when so much is happening behind the scenes.

nesarkvechnep 7y ago
At the same time you would want to see results as soon as possible because, and I know that from personal experience, at first you shouldn't care about makefiles, pointer arithmetic and actually most of the things a C programmer should care about. I would encourage everyone to learn problem solving before `make`.
OldHand2018 7y ago
If you start programming by installing Visual Studio, you are presented with an overwhelming number of choices about what to install! Would a beginner know what choices to make?