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[samtheman]

I am using DEV C++ ver 5.11.
As a beginning am I using the best and easy compiler?
If not can anyone give me the best advice on which one to use.
I can not get the debugging to works on my windows 10 computer.

Thanks,
Chester Guinyard

[Thomas1965]

I am using DEV C++ ver 5.11.

This is an IDE, not a compiler.

The compiler it comes with is not the latest but for the beginning it should be ok.
However you can configure DEV C++ to use other compilers as well - for example I play around with it with GCC 7.2

[Cubbi]

I can not get the debugging to works on my windows 10 computer.

Visual Studio (the native IDE and compiler for Windows) has a very good debugger. It's free and up to date.

[E0p9LyTq]

I am using DEV C++ ver 5.11.
As a beginning am I using the best and easy compiler?

No. It is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is years out of date and not easy for a beginner to change the compiler to a more recent one.

You are using Win 10, why not use Microsoft's Visual Studio 2017 Community IDE? Has very good debugging built in and the ability to program in different languages -- C/C++, C#, Java, Python, F#, etc. -- and target multiple platforms. Windows desktops, mobile apps, web apps and games using leading game engines (Unreal, Unity, DirectX) are some of what VS 2017 allows a programmer to do.

Learning to program has a steep learning curve, no matter what tools you use.