Pls help me (i wanna learn C)

I wanna start a mud (just for myslef right now) I have the SMAUGE code base, areaeditor, smaugwizard and abosolutly NO knowledge about coding and that's what i wanna learn. So my question is how do i start? (what comipler do i need and where do i start looking for some tutorials and what kind of tutorials) E-mail me or post here if you can help me out.
PS. i got something called Dev-C++

I would download and install Cygwin:


http://www.cygwin.com/


SMAUG will definitely compile and run under that. Also it is free.

Then I would edit the source files and browse through them to see what they do. The initial one for new players is comm.c.

Get a book about C programming or search the web for sites that teach how to program in C.

Also see my web page:


http://www.gammon.com.au/smaug/howtocompile.htm


This has a lot of tips for getting started compiling.

thx