The Little Book Of C Programming: C Programming For Beginners (Little Programming Books)

The fastest, easiest way to learn to program C . This book will teach you to program the C language from the ground up. You will learn everything from the fundamentals of programming right through to the complexities of pointers, addresses and File IO. Maybe you’ve tried to master C before but failed. Or maybe you are new to C or new to programming. If so, this is the book for you!

This book explains...

Fundamentals of C Variables, Types, Constants Operators and Tests for loops and while loops puts, printf and safer alternatives Functions and Arguments Arrays and Strings Pointers #define and const switch/case/break Memory Allocation User-defined Types structs and typedef Header Files and Scope File-handling File pointers Text files and binary files ...and much more The Little Book Of C takes you from the very basics of C programming right through to complex topics such as pointers, addresses, memory allocation and how to avoid common problems such as ‘ buffer overruns ’ and ‘ memory leaks ’. All the source code is provided as a free download from the publisher's web site. The book explains everything you need to know to get started with productive C coding.

Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is an online programming instructor who has taught tens of thousands of students to code in languages such as C, C#, Java, Object Pascal and Ruby. He had written programming columns for numerous computer magazines such as PC Plus and Computer Shopper . He is Technical Director of the independent development company, SapphireSteel Software. He is the author of a number of programming books including The Book Of Ruby , The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book of Recursion .

The Little Book Of C gives you just the stuff you really need to get straight to the heart of C programming without all the fluff and padding.