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id: c-get-started
title: "C Get Started"
category: "Programming_Language"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
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aliases: ["installing C", "Code::Blocks", "gcc setup", "C 시작하기"]
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source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.85
created_at: 2026-07-04
updated_at: 2026-07-04
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["c", "programming-language", "w3schools", "setup", "ide"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/c/c_getstarted.php"]
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---

# [[C Get Started]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
Unlike interpreted languages covered elsewhere in this wiki (Python, PHP, JavaScript), C requires a genuinely separate COMPILATION step before execution — the source explicitly frames the whole beginner workflow as "you wrote C code, the compiler turned it into a program, and the computer ran it," meaning even the simplest C setup inherently involves an editor AND a compiler as two distinct required tools, not one interpreter. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **Two required tools** — a text editor to write code, and a COMPILER to translate C source into machine code the computer can run directly. [S1]
- **IDE as a bundle** — an IDE (e.g. Code::Blocks, Eclipse, Visual Studio) packages both editor and compiler together, and typically adds error-finding help. [S1]
- **`.c` file extension** — C source files must always end in `.c`. [S1]
- **Web-based editors** — W3Schools' own online editor works without installation but the source notes such tools "often have limited features" compared to a full IDE. [S1]
- **Multi-step build workflow** — write code → Build and Run → compiler translates → OS executes the resulting program, distinct from an interpreted run-immediately model. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
- Minimal Hello World used for setup verification: `#include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello World!"); return 0; }`. [S1]
- Recommended beginner IDE: Code::Blocks, downloaded via the `mingw-setup.exe` installer which bundles both editor and compiler (MinGW). [S1]
- Expected successful output after Build & Run: `Hello World! Process returned 0 (0x0) execution time : 0.011 s Press any key to continue.`. [S1]

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
- **웹 기반 에디터의 한계**: 설치 없이 시작할 수 있는 온라인 에디터는 편리하지만 기능이 제한적이라는 점이 명시적으로 언급됨 — 실제 프로젝트에는 로컬 IDE 설치를 권장. [S1]

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
현재 발견된 실제 적용 사례가 없습니다 — Code::Blocks + MinGW 조합으로 편집기와 컴파일러를 한 번에 설치하는 것이 실전 초보자 환경 구축의 대표 방법이다. [S1]

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
The verification program used to confirm a working compiler setup (C):
```c
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
  printf("Hello World!");
  return 0;
}
```

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.85
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[C Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[C Intro]], [[C Syntax]]
- **참조 맥락:** 개발 환경 설정 — 문법(Syntax) 챕터로 이어짐.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — C Get Started — https://www.w3schools.com/c/c_getstarted.php

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-07-04: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "C Get Started" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).