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Write powerful C programs…without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to get comfortable with C, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. You’ll learn all the basics: how to organize programs, store and display data, work with variables, operators, I/O, pointers, arrays, functions, and much more. C programming has neverbeen this simple!

Who knew how simple C programming could be?

This is today’s best beginner’s guide to writing C programs–and to learning skills you can use with practically any language. Its simple, practical instructions will help you start creating useful, reliable C code, from games to mobile apps. Plus, it’s fully updated for the new C11 standard and today’s free, open source tools! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll learn:

• Discover free C programming tools for Windows, OS X, or Linux

• Understand the parts of a C program and how they fit together

• Generate output and display it on the screen

• Interact with users and respond to their input

• Make the most of variables by using assignments and expressions

• Control programs by testing data and using logical operators

• Save time and effort by using loops and other techniques

• Build powerful data-entry routines with simple built-in functions

• Manipulate text with strings

• Store information, so it’s easy to access and use

• Manage your data with arrays, pointers, and data structures

• Use functions to make programs easier to write and maintain

• Let C handle all your program’s math for you

• Handle your computer’s memory as efficiently as possible

• Make programs more powerful with preprocessing directives

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Title
C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide, 3/e Learn C the Hard Way: Practical Exercises on the Computational Subjects You Keep Avoiding (Like C) C Programming in One Hour a Day, Sams Teach Yourself, 7/e C Primer Plus, 6/e Programming in C, 4/e

Author(s)
Greg Perry, Dean Miller Zed A. Shaw Bradley L. Jones, Peter Aitken, Dean Miller Stephen Prata Stephen G. Kochan

Page Count
352 384 720 1080 600

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Pub Date
08/07/2013 09/04/2015 10/11/2013 11/26/2013 08/18/2014

Binding
Paper Paperback with DVD Paper Paper Paper

Print ISBN
0789751984 0321884922 0789751992 0321928423 0321776410

Series
Absolute Beginner’s Guide Zed Shaw’s Hard Way Series Sams Teach Yourself Developer’s Library Developer’s Library

Brief Description
Write powerful C programs. ..without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to get comfortable with C, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. You’ll learn all the basics: how to organize programs, store and display data, work with variables, operators, I/O, pointers, arrays, functions, and much more. C programming has never been this simple! Perfect for beginning C programmers eager to advance their skills in any language. Follow it and you will learn the many skills early and junior programmers need to succeed by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises with accompanying videos and exercises from Zed Shaw. Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you’ll learn what good, modern C programs look like; how to think more effectively about code; and how to find and fix mistakes far more efficiently. Filled with carefully explained code, clear syntax examples, and well-crafted exercises, this is the broadest and deepest introductory C tutorial available. It delivers step-by-step, hands-on experience that starts with simple tasks and gradually builds to professional-quality techniques. Each lesson is designed to be completed in hour or less, introducing and clearly explaining essential concepts, providing practical examples, and encouraging you to build simple programs on your own. This book teaches principles of programming, including structured code and top-down design. Many short, practical examples illustrate one or two concepts at a time, encouraging readers to master new topics by immediately putting them to use. Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter bring out the most critical pieces of information and help readers understand and digest the most difficult concepts. A friendly and easy-to-use self-study guide, this book is appropriate for serious students of programming, as well as developers proficient in other languages. Whether you’re a novice or experienced programmer, this book will provide you with a clear understanding of this language, which is the foundation for many object-oriented programming languages such as C++, Objective-C, C#, and Java. This book teaches C by example, with complete C programs used to illustrate each new concept along the way. Stephen Kochan provides step-by-step explanations for all C functions. You will learn both the language fundamentals and good programming practices. Exercises at the end of each chapter make the book ideally suited for classroom use or for self-instruction.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Que Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ 3rd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0789751984
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789751980
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Absolute Beginner’s Guide
Best Sellers Rank: #220,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in C Programming Language #66 in Microsoft Programming (Books) #73 in Introductory & Beginning Programming
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