DevEnvironmentForC

VS-Code based set up for writing c programs in a containerised environment.

Steps to Set-up

1. Go through System_Requirements.txt for hardware and software requirements.

2. Clone the repo.

3. Go to DevEnvironmentForC folder. cd DevEnvironmentForC

4. Open this folder in VS-Code

5. It will ask to reopen the folder in container. Click Reopen. Otherwise open VS-Code Command pallete (f1) and execute following command DevContainers : Open Folder in container.

6. The image is built, and the container is spun up.

7. Go to .devcontainer folder. cd .devcontainer

8. Execute post-create.sh script to install required VS-Code extensions.

   chmod +x post-create.sh

   ./post-create.sh

9. Go to hello_world folder.

   cd .. cd c_programs cd hello_world

10. Compile hello_world.c and execute.

gcc -g hello_world.c -o hello_world

./hello_world

Remember to use -g flag to compile program with debug symbols. -g flag is required for debugging.

11. Set break-point and debug.

12. The .vscode/launch.json file is configured to use debugger with this program only i.e. for hello_world. To use debugger for any other program, edit launch.json and set "program" property with the path of executable file that you wish to debug.

Repository Tree Structure

├── .devcontainer
    ├── .env
    ├── Dockerfile
    ├── devcontainer.json
    ├── docker-compose.yml
    └── post-create.sh
├── .vscode
    └── launch.json
├── README.md
├── System_Requirements.txt
├── c_programs
    └── hello_world
    │   └── hello_world.c
├── history
    └── .zsh_history
└── output
    ├── Output1.png
    └── Output2.png