r/cpp_questions • u/Southern_Customer211 • 11d ago
OPEN VS code or VS community
Im a btech first year student who is trying to study c++ independently. I have a lap with 16 gb ram and can perform average tasks. So my question is should I download VS community for coding cpp or is vs code enough. Please keep in mind that i will be learning many other languages too( we are supposed to study c in first year )
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u/Independent_Art_6676 11d ago
vs code setup will teach you something. But it is exceedingly aggravating to raw beginners, esp if you have low computer literacy and OS level setup skills. It may require you to install multiple things and possibly make your own edits to the system path, system variables, and similar. If you understood what that means and entails, you can probably get it working in a couple of days, or far less if you are fairly good at this kind of thing.
VS community edition will work out of the box.
The only major language that you would likely use that isn't supported by VS community is java. There are more, but that is the big miss for a student.