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by NoMoreNicksLeft 1140 days ago
As long as you give bonus points for the most horrific part of software development... getting the goddamned IDE configured correctly or close enough to do work.
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vim myprogram.c

gcc myprogram.c

That brings you 90% of where you need to go, especially for a CS course.

It's not obvious to students. The insight to simplify and simplify until things work and only then keep piling new things on top, that's a really powerful one and is underappreciated in teaching CS.