This course covers programming in the C language. It aims to familiarize students with basic computer programming concepts, the syntax and semantics of C, and writing programs using C's standard features. The course is divided into chapters that cover absolute basics of programming, data types, flow control, arrays, memory management, structures, functions, files and streams, the preprocessor, and common data structures.
This course covers programming in the C language. It aims to familiarize students with basic computer programming concepts, the syntax and semantics of C, and writing programs using C's standard features. The course is divided into chapters that cover absolute basics of programming, data types, flow control, arrays, memory management, structures, functions, files and streams, the preprocessor, and common data structures.
This course covers programming in the C language. It aims to familiarize students with basic computer programming concepts, the syntax and semantics of C, and writing programs using C's standard features. The course is divided into chapters that cover absolute basics of programming, data types, flow control, arrays, memory management, structures, functions, files and streams, the preprocessor, and common data structures.
This course covers programming in the C language. It aims to familiarize students with basic computer programming concepts, the syntax and semantics of C, and writing programs using C's standard features. The course is divided into chapters that cover absolute basics of programming, data types, flow control, arrays, memory management, structures, functions, files and streams, the preprocessor, and common data structures.
Course description The course fully covers the basics of programming in the C programming language and demonstrates fundamental programming techniques, customs and vocabulary including the most common library functions and the usage of the preprocessor.
Learning objectives
To familiarize the trainee with basic concepts of computer programming and
developer tools. To present the syntax and semantics of the C language as well as data types offered by the language To allow the trainee to write their own programs using standard language infrastructure regardless of the hardware or software platform
Course outline
Introduction to compiling and software development
Basic scalar data types and their operators Flow control Complex data types: arrays, structures and pointers Structuring the code: functions and modules Pre-processing source code
Chapters: Absolute basics
Languages: natural and artificial
Machine languages High-level programming languages Obtaining the machine code: compilation process Recommended readings Your first program Variable why? Integer values in real life and in C, integer literals
Data types
Floating point values in real life and in C, float literals
Arithmetic operators Priority and binding Post- and pre -incrementation and -decrementation Operators of type op= Char type and ASCII code, char literals Equivalence of int and char data Comparison operators Conditional execution and if keyword printf() and scanf() functions: absolute basics
Flow control
Conditional execution continued: the else branch
More integer and float types Conversions why? Typecast and its operators Loops while, do and for Controlling the loop execution break and continue Logical and bitwise operators
Arrays
switch: different faces of if
Arrays (vectors) why do you need them? Sorting in real life and in a computer memory Initiators: a simple way to set an array Pointers: another kind of data in C An address, a reference, a dereference and the sizeof operator Simple pointer and pointer to nothing (NULL) & operator Pointers arithmetic Pointers vs. arrays: different forms of the same phenomenon Using strings: basics Basic functions dedicated to string manipulation
Memory management and structures
The meaning of array indexing
The usage of pointers: perils and disadvantages void type Arrays of arrays and multidimensional arrays Memory allocation and deallocation: malloc() and free() functions Arrays of pointers vs. multidimensional arrays Structures why? Declaring, using and initializing structures Pointers to structures and arrays of structures Basics of recursive data collections
Functions
Functions why? How to declare, define and invoke a function Variables' scope, local variables and function parameters Pointers, arrays and structures as function parameters Function result and return statement void as a parameter, pointer and result Parameterizing the main function External function and the extern declarator Header files and their role
Files and streams
Files vs. streams: where does the difference lie?
Header files needed for stream operations FILE structure Opening and closing a stream, open modes, errno variable Reading and writing to/from a stream Predefined streams: stdin, stdout and stderr Stream manipulation: fgetc(), fputc(), fgets() and fputs() functions Raw input/output: fread() and fwrite() functions
Pre-processor and complex declarations
Pre-processor why? #include: how to make use of a header file #define: simple and parameterized macros #undef directive Predefined pre-processor symbols Macro operators: # and ## Conditional compilation: #if and #ifdef directives Avoiding multiple compilations of the same header files Scopes of declarations, storage classes User defined types why? Pointers to functions Analysing and creating complex declarations
Data Structure
Structures & Pointers to Structures
Dynamic Allocation Linked List (Single, Doubly & Circular) Stack (Array & Linked List Implementation) Application of Stacks Queues (Array and Linked List Implementation) Application of Queues Trees (Binary, Binary Search and AVL Trees) Application of Trees Graphs (Directed, In directed) Searching and Sorting Project
