C Programming
This series is for programmers who want to learn ANSI C. It covers the use of numeric variables, constants, and operators to manipulate C expressions, writing, compiling, and testing programs, arrays, and control statements. The series also covers pointers and variable scope concepts. Advanced topics include the function library, memory management, and preprocessor directives.
This series is for the beginning programmer or for the experienced programmer who wants to learn ANSI C. This online course contains 3 lessons and should take approximately 38 hours to complete.
Week 1
This course begins with a basic explanation of C language components and quickly progresses to writing and debugging C programs Sample listings complete with sample output and an analysis of code illustrate the topics of the day and teaches you how to use numeric variables and constants, use operators to manipulate C expressions, implement functions and apply the principles of structured programming, make programs interact with the keyboard and screen, control the flow of programs, write simple C programs, and build, compile and test programs.
Week 2
This course covers pointers and variable scope concepts that are important to capitalizing on C's assets It also covers numeric arrays characters and strings and structures It introduces additional program control statements provides detailed explanations of functions and presents alternative functions Sample listings complete with sample output and an analysis of code illustrate the topics of the day and teaches you how to use numeric and character arrays, create and use pointers, expand character variable types into arrays and strings, group related variable types by using structures, make proper use of C's variable storage classes, apply advanced programming techniques to control program flow, and use C's predefined streams and their functions.
Week 3
This course begins with advanced pointer topics and moves on to the use of disk files for data storage and retrieval It also covers advanced function topics and explores the function library in more detail The week ends with a discussion of memory management header files and preprocessor directives Sample listings complete with sample output and an analysis of code illustrate the topics of the day and teaches you how to use pointers in more complex ways, use disk files and perform file management functions, use string manipulation, math, time, and error-handling functions, get more from functions through the interaction of pointers and functions, allocate, reallocate and free memory at runtime, use type casts with variables and pointers, access arguments passed to the program on the command line, manipulate individual bits, apply the principles of modular programming, and use preprocessor directives.