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C Programming Essentials
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Get ready to program in C—the timeless language that continues to power the systems behind modern computing.
If you want to understand how software interacts with hardware at a deeper level, C Programming Essentials is an ideal starting point. This book introduces the C programming language through a clear, practical approach, showing how C operates at the machine level and how programs interact with memory, data, and system resources.
Designed for readers at different experience levels, the book requires no prior programming background. Chapters 1 through 4 guide beginners through writing, compiling, and running their first C programs on Windows, Linux, and Unix. Seasoned programmers can dive straight into the language's more powerful features: pointers, dynamic memory, threads, processes, semaphores, and object-oriented simulation in C.
What sets this book apart is its commitment to machine-level understanding. As you learn to program in C, you also learn how the machine stores and represents each data type—down to the bit. This depth of knowledge makes you not just a C programmer, but a better programmer in every language.
After reading this book, you'll be able to:
- Write and compile working C programs
- Handle program input, output, and file operations
- Manage static and dynamic memory safely
- Organize code using header and implementation files
- Build structured programs that scale beyond single files
Whether you’re learning programming for the first time, strengthening your computer science knowledge, or exploring system-level development, C Programming Essentials provides a clear and practical path to building a strong foundation in C, one of the most enduring and valuable programming skills in software engineering.
Pages: 432 pages
Paperback (ISBN): 9781636516844
eBook (ISBN): 9781636516851
Hardback (Color): 9781636516868
Category: Business & Economics
Author: Stephen DeVoy, Vibrant Publishers
1 Introduction to the C Programming Language
1.1 What is C?
1.2 Why Program in C?
1.3 When Not to Use C?
1.4 Where Did C Come From?
Chapter Summary
Author’s Sidenote
2 A Simple Program
2.1 The Canonical Introductory C Program
2.2 Editing and Saving a C Program
2.3 A Dissection of Our Program
Chapter Summary
3 How Does a C Program Become an Executable Program?
3.1 What is a Compiler?
3.2 Do I Have a C Compiler?
3.3 Compile helloworld.c
3.4 Compiling and Running Your First Program
3.5 I’d Rather Use an Online Compiler!
3.6 Going Forward
Chapter Summary
4 Expanding Our Simple Program
4.1 Basic Input and Output of Strings
4.2 Printing a String to the Terminal
4.3 Reading a String From the Terminal
4.4 More Advanced Printing of Formatted Output to the
Terminal
4.5 A Glancing Blow at Advanced Formatted Input from
the Terminal
4.6 C Strings
4.7 Receiving Strings from the Command Line
4.8 Experiment!
Chapter Summary
Quiz
5 Control Structures
5.1 if
5.2 goto
5.3 switch
5.4 while
5.5 for
5.6 do/while
5.7 Nasty Infinite Loops
5.8 Error Handling
Chapter Summary
Quiz
6 Literals, Identifiers, Variables, Primitive
Types & Operators
6.1 Literals
6.2 Identifiers
6.3 Variables
6.4 Primitive Types
6.5 Operators
6.6 Expressions
Chapter Summary
Quiz
7 Array
7.1 The Concept of an Array
7.2 Declaring Arrays
7.3 The Internal Representation of Arrays
7.4 Accessing and Storing Values in an Array
7.5 Two-Dimensional Arrays
Chapter Summary
Quiz
8 User-Defined Types
8.1 Typedef
8.2 enum
8.3 struct
8.4 union
Chapter Summary
Quiz
9 Keywords, Statements, Code Blocks, Macros,
and Functions
9.1 Keywords
9.2 Statements
9.3 Code Blocks
9.4 Macros
9.5 Functions
Chapter Summary
Quiz
10 Organizing Larger Programs
10.1 Introduction
10.2 One File is Not Enough
10.3 Header Files
10.4 Implementation Files
10.5 The Marriage of Header Files and Implementation
Files
10.6 Putting It All Together
Chapter Summary
Quiz
11 Managing Dynamic Memory
11.1 The Different Kinds of Memory Used in a C
Program
11.2 Allocating Dynamic Memory
11.3 Deallocating Dynamic Memory
11.4 Avoid Dangling Pointers!
11.5 Recycling Dynamic Memory and Its Security
Implications
Chapter Summary
Quiz
12 File Input/Output and Directories
12.1 Files and Directories
12.2 Opening and Closing Files
12.3 Text Files
12.4 Binary (Data) Files
12.5 Random Access Files (Seek and You Might Find)
12.6 Directories
Chapter Summary
Quiz
13 Basic Problem-Solving
13.1 Understanding the Problem
13.2 Problem-Solving Strategies
13.3 Analogies, Imagination, and Metaphor
Chapter Summary
Quiz
14 String Manipulation
14.1 The Standard Library (string.h)
14.2 The String Functions
14.3 The Memory Functions
14.4 Creating Alternatives to string.h
Chapter Summary
Quiz
15 Math, Time, and Pseudorandomness
15.1 The Standard Library (math.h)
15.2 Time
15.3 Pseudorandom Number Generators
Chapter Summary
Quiz
16 Threads and Processes
16.1 Threads
16.2 Processes
Chapter Summary
Quiz
17 Where To Go From Here?
17.1 Expanding Your Knowledge of C
17.2 Learning Graphics Programming
17.3 Learning Data Structures and Algorithms
17.4 Learning Applied Discrete Mathematics
17.5 Learning Classical, Formal, or Mathematical
Logic
17.6 Learning Other Programming Languages
17.7 Becoming Better at Being You
17.8 Goal-Based Paths
Conclusion
References
Stephen DeVoy is a computer scientist and educator with expertise in AI, simulation, and web development. Skilled in C, C++, Java, Python, and Lisp, he simplifies programming for learners.
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