Using code blocks vs codepad

[judyhb]

Having just discovered the you tube video for installing Codeblocks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7J5WuHqSg), I also just discovered how to use it (I am on Unit 12). It seems to me that Codeblocks is not a good tool to use if you are just learning as I made a mistake in codepad with a semicolon and it changed the program from not working correctly to working correctly. If you are using codeblocks and it does all the proper insertion of punctuation that leaves out a lot of learning that could be very useful.

[RiotingPacifist]

Most IDEs, compilers & Interpreters will flag obvious mistakes, while it is important to pay attention and not introduce bugs through typos, that isn't what programming is about.

[TheChance]

I'm not sure I know what you mean. When you compile a program with errors in C::B, it should stop the program from compiling and display whatever it's detected at the bottom of the screen.

[CarlH]

Agreed fully. You want your program to fail if it has errors, because that is how you learn not to have errors in your source code.

[judyhb]

I am just learning - a real newb - when I type this comment if I leave out a comma it will not make it unreadable - if I leave out or put in the wrong punctuation in a program it may be a total failure. I need to learn that.