Espresso-C at Mac App Store analyse

The idea is excellent, still some bugs, but nice job. Ideas to complete the job: example/templates directly available in the app, more buttons on the GUI (like Microsoft Small Basic for instance).

very useful when learning C. Also great price for the money. I think one could then move on to a traditional compiler to create a a.out executable app.

I just downloaded this for my Systems I and II classes. I am disappointed to see a lack of great programs like this on the market. The $5 was well spent. I do have to copy and paste my C code into their system to compile, but it is not too big of a deal. It is way easier than downloading developer tools for xCode and typing gcc (file extension) -o (new filename) then ./(new file name) on the terminal to see your C code compile.

This App looks promising, Its simple, easy to use, It has a clean output and it has some of the most commonly used C and C++ libraries. But Its useless if I cant produce an executable output file, without an output file this app reduces the power of C and C++ to a mere interpreted language. If I wanted an interpreter I would use something like "Chipmunk BASIC". Unless this App can produce executable files, it is pointless to write and code in it! Over all I think this app has a good potential, and it shouldnt be so limited. Although most commonly used libraries are built into the app, developers must have the abality to add more libraries to it. At the moment producing an executable file is of vital importance which this app lacks, otherwise this app is a five star app.

I try to run a simple C program and the output screen doesn’t display the printf statements. It also says that a program is already running and you can’t stop it.

This is a great little app for prototyping c++ programmes and learning the language functionality.

there is something wrong with printf statements here is a sample code which explains the problem /* Computes net tire slaes*/ #include <stdio.h> int main() { int numTires; float tirePrice, beforeTax, netSale; float taxRate=.07; /* Sales tax*/ /* Ask user for values*/ printf("How many tires purchased?n "); scanf(" %d", &numTires); printf("How much is each tire?n "); scanf(" %f", &tirePrice); /*compute the sale*/ beforeTax = tirePrice * numTires; netSale = beforeTax + (beforeTax * taxRate); printf("Your total sale is %.2fn", netSale); return 0; } the user should be prompted to insert an integer after the first prompt the user should be prompted to insert a floating number after the second prompt or is there something worng with my syntax?