Short advice: find a compiler that supports modern decent C (C99), NOT VS (http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/05/vs_c99_support/) - may not be relevant for your kernel code that much, but at least at the end of your adventure you will have learned how to write good modern C (and no, C it not dead and replaced by C++, they are languages with different philosophies and used by different kinds of programmers and they are both evolving on they own route, despite FUD originating from Microsoft and other sources)
...and when you reach to the GUI part, do the same for C++, use the latest version and language features: I've heard that VS2012 lasts upgrade got closer to it, but google around before settling on it
...or to keep it simpler: better use GCC compilers (since the Linux kernel is built with it, you should find enough compiler specific docs and related tools too)
...and when you reach to the GUI part, do the same for C++, use the latest version and language features: I've heard that VS2012 lasts upgrade got closer to it, but google around before settling on it
...or to keep it simpler: better use GCC compilers (since the Linux kernel is built with it, you should find enough compiler specific docs and related tools too)