Beginning C: From Novice to Professional

by Ivor Horton

Overview

With Beginning C: From Novice to Professional, Fourth Edition, you'll come to understand the fundamentals of the C language and learn how to program. All you need is this book and any one of the widely available free or commercial C or C++ compilers, and you'll soon be writing real C programs. You'll learn C from the first principles, using step-by-step working examples that you'll create and execute yourself.

This book will increase your programming expertise by guiding you through the development of fully working C applications that use what you've learned in a practical context. You'll also be able to strike out on your own by trying the exercises included at the end of each chapter. Pick up a copy of this book by renowned author, Ivor Horton, because:

• It is the only beginning-level book to cover the latest ANSI standard in C
• Is approachable and aimed squarely at people new to C
• Emphasizes writing code after the first chapter
• Includes substantial examples relevant to intermediate users

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430202431
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/22/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	640
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ivor Horton is self-employed in consultancy and writes programming tutorials. He worked for IBM for many years and holds a bachelor's degree, with honors, in mathematics. Horton's experience at IBM includes programming in most languages (like assembler and high-level languages on a variety of machines), real-time programming, and designing and implementing real-time closed loop industrial control systems. He has extensive experience teaching programming to engineers and scientists (Fortran, PL/1, APL, etc.). Horton is an expert in mechanical, process, and electronic CAD systems; mechanical CAM systems; and DNC/CNC systems.

Table of Contents

Programming in C.- First Steps in Programming.- Making Decisions.- Loops.- Arrays.- Applications with Strings and Text.- Pointers.- Structuring Your Programs.- More on Functions.- Essential Input and Output Operations.- Structuring Data.- Working with Files.- Supporting Facilities.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews of the fourth edition:

"This tutorial is intended for a wide range of readers, from nonprogrammers to those with programming experience who don’t know the C language. The book’s goal is to be a comprehensive text that will lead the prospective programmer from his or her starting point all the way to a career in programming. … It also gives a good overview of the process of program creation, including a section on dealing with errors." (William Fahle, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (4), April, 2008)

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