Installing CodeBlock IDE on Windows Machines

1- Go to http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26

2- Under the Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 download the file “codeblocks-12.11mingw-setup.exe”.

This binary distribution contains the full tool-chain and is the easiest way of getting started. You

can follow one of the following two links

http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/codeblocks-12.11mingw-setup.exe

OR

http://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/12.11/Windows/codeblocks-

12.11mingw-setup.exe

3- Click next on all the windows to install the CodeBlocks IDE. After installation you should get the

following screen

4- To create a new project, you can click on the “Create a new project” shortcut on the CodeBlock

IDE welcome screen or you can go to file -> New -> project.

5- Select the “Console Application” from the project categories.

6- The “new console application wizard” will start click next on the screen.

7- Select “C” as a programming language in the next windows.

8- Enter the project title “HelloWorld” or any other names you please. You can make a folder on

your disk where you can store all your projects for the computer science course.

9- On all the other windows that follows click next. Your final screen should be like the one below.

10- You can build your code with the toothed wheel icon (or Ctrl-F9) and run you code with the

green triangle icon (or Ctrl-F10) to see a “Hello World !” message on your screen.