This article is intended to give a brief and simple introduction to compiling your own libraries with MinGW (Minimal GNU for Windows) compiler. This article assumes you have a basic understanding of the C language. First thing you'll need to do is download MinGW. I strongly suggest that you set the windows environmental path to the MinGW directory. This allows you to call the MinGW GCC compiler from any directory on your computer. On Windows7 it is right click on My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Environmental Variables and add the MinGW directory to the PATH or simply type this into cmd.exe.
