macOS Starting with C

[I'm a Mac]

If I want to start with C before learning objective-c, and I have no coding knowledge, what apps/tools do I need to do the stuff that would be in the books? Any books on C that use XCode?

EDIT: Do you think Steven Kochan's book is good enough for a complete novice?

What books are good for understanding how to use xcode?

 

[psingh01]

In general try to learn the language independent of the IDE. When you are learning C, you basically only need a little bit of knowledge in how to setup a project in XCode. Afterwards you will mostly be editing source code and clicking one button (build/run).

You can just as easily learn c from the command line. That's how I learned back in the day

 

[lee1210]

There are strong opinions on both sides of this one.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/455936/

That post has a pretty good representation of all sides, I'll just let you go through that instead of restating my arguments here.

-Lee