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As with any major language, mastery of C can take you to some very interesting new places. Almost 50 years after it first appeared, it's still the world's most popular programming language and is used as the basis of global industry's core systems, including operating systems, high-performance graphics applications, and microcontrollers. This means that fluent C users are in big demand at the sharp end in cutting-edge industries—such as gaming, app development, telecommunications, engineering, and even animation—to translate innovative ideas into a smoothly functioning reality.
To help you get to where you want to go with C, this 2nd edition of C Programming For Dummies covers everything you need to begin writing programs, guiding you logically through the development from initial design and testing to deployment and live iteration. By the end you'll be au fait with the do's and don'ts of good clean writing and easily able to produce the basic—and not-so-basic—building blocks of an elegant and efficient source code.
Write and compile source code Link code to create the executable program Debug and optimize your code Avoid common mistakes Whatever your tech industry, start-up, or just developing for pleasure at home, this easy-to-follow, informative, and entertaining guide to the C programming language is the fastest and friendliest way to get there!
As with any major language, mastery of C can take you to some very interesting new places. Almost 50 years after it first appeared, it's still the world's most popular programming language and is used as the basis of global industry's core systems, including operating systems, high-performance graphics applications, and microcontrollers. This means that fluent C users are in big demand at the sharp end in cutting-edge industries—such as gaming, app development, telecommunications, engineering, and even animation—to translate innovative ideas into a smoothly functioning reality.
To help you get to where you want to go with C, this 2nd edition of C Programming For Dummies covers everything you need to begin writing programs, guiding you logically through the development from initial design and testing to deployment and live iteration. By the end you'll be au fait with the do's and don'ts of good clean writing and easily able to produce the basic—and not-so-basic—building blocks of an elegant and efficient source code.
Write and compile source code Link code to create the executable program Debug and optimize your code Avoid common mistakes Whatever your tech industry, start-up, or just developing for pleasure at home, this easy-to-follow, informative, and entertaining guide to the C programming language is the fastest and friendliest way to get there!
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Published September 30, 2020
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October 4, 2022
I had been working through Learn C The Hard WayLearn C The Hard Way, and found that I needed some supplemental understanding as I was also working through some other coding exercises. At this point in time I would consider myself an advanced Python user, an intermediate SQL and VBA user, and a beginner C user.
For the most part, the author does a great job at making topics accessible, but not overly simple in the book. The few occasions that I felt that it was too simple is probably a reflection of me rather than the author writing an introductory book. The examples are also great because they allow you to modify some given code to gain a better understanding of how the code works.
I was able to work through the book fairly quickly as well, and am now back full steam ahead in LCTHW, and I can already tell the difference. I would definitely reccomend this book as a companion into your first self-taught foray into C.
For the most part, the author does a great job at making topics accessible, but not overly simple in the book. The few occasions that I felt that it was too simple is probably a reflection of me rather than the author writing an introductory book. The examples are also great because they allow you to modify some given code to gain a better understanding of how the code works.
I was able to work through the book fairly quickly as well, and am now back full steam ahead in LCTHW, and I can already tell the difference. I would definitely reccomend this book as a companion into your first self-taught foray into C.
October 8, 2023
It's a C walkthough using the Code::Blocks IDE, and clang.
Yes, I would prefer gcc, in hopes the training would go into other languages, but we get clang. We're learning C here. Your employer hates GPL, so you'll be learning clang.
Yes, I have read the K&R C programming book, and it itself says, it's not a tutorial. But C for Dummies is.
It follows the format I like, hand over hand, step by step. You get a guided tour, and at the end can work with C files, and have an idea of what you're looking at.
Yes, I would prefer gcc, in hopes the training would go into other languages, but we get clang. We're learning C here. Your employer hates GPL, so you'll be learning clang.
Yes, I have read the K&R C programming book, and it itself says, it's not a tutorial. But C for Dummies is.
It follows the format I like, hand over hand, step by step. You get a guided tour, and at the end can work with C files, and have an idea of what you're looking at.
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