I’m currently a college student studying software engineering, so by no means am I a professional (yet at least, lol). Nevertheless, I’ll try to give what input I can.

Afaik and based on my own experiences, windows does not come with a pre-installed C compiler. (Win 11 Home at least) Also, I just honestly wouldn’t recommend C anyways especially if it’s for a non-technical crowd. It’s great once you get the hang of it, don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely not beginner friendly.

As for a “best choice” it’s of course up to preference, what you’re already familiar with, and what kind of programs you and your class plan on writing. If you want to use a language that can directly translate into a working environment, Python is a very beginner friendly option. If you want something slightly less forgiving, I think Java provides a good balance between having a lot of useful built in functions/methods and having some of the more “strict” (for lack of a better term) rules about syntax (semicolons, brackets, static variables) that you’ll find in other languages. If you’re just looking to teach programming concepts on a surface/conceptual level then honestly something like code.org or scratch is a great option (and it’s where I got my start growing up lol)

As for setting up an environment, again, everyone has their own idea of the absolute best setup, and it’s also probably going to differ at least somewhat depending on what operating system you’re using. For my personal use I’ve mostly been using VSCode just because it’s pretty easy to set up. Definitely worth mentioning though that VSCode comes with plenty of Microsoft Telemetry built in by default so if you want an alternative without that I recommend Code OSS (vscode built directly from source) or VSCodium (vscode but with MS Telemetry disabled and a different default extension marketplace)

The intro to computer science class I took (and am currently an aid for) at university (we used C) did all of their demonstrations using CS50.dev, which is an online environment maintained by Harvard. For the Object Oriented Programming course I took (Java) we used Eclipse.

Again, I’m still a student, so take everything here with a grain of salt. And if anyone sees anything they think deserves clarification/correction please let me know. I’m still learning lol.

Avocado is one of those things I really want to like because it’s pretty good for you but I just don’t know if I can get past the texture

I’ve been looking at this photo for like 10 years and even though I know for a fact that it’s blue and black I only ever see white and gold

Calling it now next month she’s gonna shoot herself or get some crazy incurable disease or just have a heart attack

No

Lmao we won’t be alive in 2026

Linux girlies are the goats

Ah yes because banning protests always works

On the contrary, I would be totally on board with Canada adopting a few new provinces

Went a head and had a look. And I thought the cognitive dissonance on Instagram was bad.

“Guys it’s just the unfortunate result of war”

I thought this was the onion

Donald taking notes

Or he would, if he could read or write

Shocked Pikachu face

Warframe OST

Oh is that what that was? It was really weird seeing posts with over a thousand comments.

I had the typical American experience of sitting with my dad every day for a couple weeks crying while he repeats "WHAT’S SEVEN TIMES THREE

I have not, and I’m actually considering the possibility that I’ll have to replace it

Nursing.

Couldn’t pay me to go through the hell those people witness

That would be kinda funny lol

I didn’t really have a whole lot of restrictions. My first home console was the Wii, and ofc there weren’t a lot of mature titles to worry about there. When I got a little older I got an Xbox 360 and really wanted to get Call of Duty, which my mother was a little hesitant about but eventually relented.

The real thing my mother cared about was online interactions. I was not allowed to be friends with people or talk to people I didn’t know. (Eventually I started doing it anyway, and she didn’t appreciate it when she found out)