42 C Development Environment Template

Welcome to the 42 C Development Environment Template! This is a specialized development environment designed for 42 school students. The official repository for this template can be found at: https://github.com/ricardopxlcl/42-starter

This CodeSandbox template provides a complete C development environment for 42 school projects, with additional tools for testing, development, and simple file sharing capabilities.

🚀 Features

Primary Development Tools (C-focused)

• GCC/CC compiler
• Make build automation tool
• Clang compiler
• Debugging tools (valgrind, gdb)
• Git for version control

📥 Installation

To use this template:

Video Example

Here you can watch a video with the installation process

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Follow the instructions

1. Visit the template on CodeSandbox.io 42-Starter
2. Click the "Fork" button in the top right corner
3. Wait for the environment to be created (this may take a few moments)
4. Restar your devbox to run de tasks.
5. Start coding!

Note: Forking creates your own copy of the template that you can modify and save for future use.

🔧 Usage

1. The environment comes pre-configured with all necessary C development tools. You need run bash in the terminal to use all the services.
2. Use cc to compile your C programs
3. Use make for project compilation if you have a Makefile
4. Use norminette command to check code style (42 school standard)
5. Use francinette or paco commands to run tests specific to 42 projects.
6. The PHP server starts automatically on port 8080 for simple file sharing

💡 Additional Information

• Focus on C development for 42 school projects
• All development tools are installed fresh from official repositories
• Python packages are installed globally for system-wide access
• PHP and Apache are included as utilities, not as primary development tools
• When compiling your C programs, always remember to use the following flags to ensure your code meets 42's standards and catches potential issues, this command will try to compile and execute:

cc main.c -Wall -Wextra -Werror && ./a.out

🤿 Test functions

We have provided two test folders to help you validate your code with Norminette and Francinette:

1. Francinette test folder:

   • Path: /project/workspace/test/libft_francinette
   • Contents:

     libft_francinette
     ├── libft.a
     ├── libft.c
     ├── libft.h
     ├── libft.o
     ├── main.c
     └── Makefile
   
     ricardopxlcl ➜ bash
     ricardopxlcl ➜ cd /project/workspace/test/libft_francinette
     ricardopxlcl ➜ francinette
   

2. Norminette test folder:

   • Path: /project/workspace/test/ft_putchar_norminette
   • Contents:

     ft_putchar_norminette
     └── ft_putchar.c
   
     ricardopxlcl ➜ bash
     ricardopxlcl ➜ cd /project/workspace/test/ft_putchar_norminette
     ricardopxlcl ➜ norminette
   

42 School Specific Tools

• Norminette code style checker
• Francinette (nicknamed 'paco') testing framework

Additional Utilities

• PHP and Apache for simple file sharing and downloading

Python Tools (for supporting utilities)

• Python3-pip
• Python virtual environment support

To-do

• Install extension 42 header
• Install 42 formatter

🛠️ Included Setup

The template automatically installs and configures:

1. Essential C development tools:

   • build-essential
   • gcc
   • make
   • clang
   • valgrind
   • gdb
   • git

2. 42 School specific tools:

   • norminette
   • Francinette (with aliases 'francinette' and 'paco')

3. Python tools (for supporting utilities):

   • python3-pip
   • python3-venv

4. File sharing utilities:

   • PHP
   • Apache web server

🏃‍♂️ Development and Sharing Server

The template includes a PHP development server for simple file sharing:

• Host: localhost
• Port: 8080
• Auto-start enabled

Note: This is not for C development, but to facilitate easy file sharing and downloading.

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!

📝 License

This template is provided as-is under the MIT license.

👥 Contributors