Beginning Linux Programming

by Neil Matthew

Beginning Linux Programming, Fourth Edition continues its unique approach to teaching UNIX programming in a simple and structured way on the Linux platform. Through the use of detailed and realistic examples, students learn by doing, and are able to move from being a Linux beginner to creating custom applications in Linux. The book introduces fundamental concepts beginning with the basics of writing Unix programs in C, and including material on basic system calls, file I/O, interprocess communication (for getting programs to work together), and shell programming. Parallel to this, the book introduces the toolkits and libraries for working with user interfaces, from simpler terminal mode applications to X and GTK+ for graphical user interfaces. Advanced topics are covered in detail such as processes, pipes, semaphores, socket programming, using MySQL, writing applications for the GNOME or the KDE desktop, writing device drivers, POSIX Threads, and kernel programming for the latest Linux Kernel.

Genres: Programming, Reference, Computer Science, Computers, Nonfiction, Technology, Technical

816 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2007

Reviews

[Doughgik]

Good practical guide for using BASH and C programming skills as they relate to Linux (mostly C).

[Ahmed Soliman]

Excellent book and I used it alot during my graduation project.

[Utkarsh Maheshwari]

Well written, well structured, well suited for what I expected from this. Time well spent.

[Nidish]

HIGHLY recommended!

[Ondrej Sykora]

A quick introduction to programming on Linux. Each chapter of the book deals with a certain sub-part of software development on Linux, such as development tools, basic system APIs, networking or GUI development with Tcl/Tk and GTK+.

It never goes into depth, but it is a nice overview and a good introduction that let's you start with any of these topic and then dive deeper with other books.

[Ray]

Pretty good textbook for Linux programming. I'd recommend it, although reading it on Kindle wasn't the best format, especially when there were tables and large chunks of code to look at.

[Yuxing Han]

a good start to program in Linux system

[Aloke]

A good book. Only wish I had read it earlier...