Advanced C Programming: Pointers (Udemy.com)

Master pointers, addresses and memory allocation in C

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( 360 Reviews )

Created by: Huw Collingbourne

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • Pointers and addresses
  • Indirection and multiple indirection
  • Generic pointers and casts
  • Memory allocation and reallocation
  • Pointer arithmetic
  • Singly and doubly linked lists
  • Queues and stacks
  • Deep and shallow copying
  • Common pointer errors

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Course Description

To be an expert C programmer you need to master the use of pointers. This course explains pointers in real depth. It explains pointer variables, pointer arithmetic, indirection, memory allocation, how to create and maintain linked lists and how to use function pointers. In fact, by the time you finish this course, you will know pointers inside out. You will understand what they are, how they work and how to make sure that they don't make your programs crash!
This is not a course for beginners. It is aimed at programmers who already have a good working knowledge of C programming and who need to take the next step in mastering C by gaining a deep understanding of pointers.
If you've struggled with pointers and can't quite figure out what all those arrow diagrams' really mean or what exactly is the relationship between pointers and addresses, this is the course for you. In a series of short, tightly-targeted lessons, you will learn all about:
  • computer memory and how pointers access it
  • how memory is allocated
  • why copying data using pointers can cause program errors
  • why some pointers are generic'
  • what happens when you cast' pointers to specific types
  • how to create singly and doubly linked lists
  • how to use stacks and queues
  • how to avoid memory leaks and other common problems
  • ...and much more.
The source code for all the example programs is provided, so if you need to try out my code you can load it and run it in your preferred C IDE or code editor.Who this course is for:
  • Any C programmer who needs to understand pointers in depth
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Huw Collingbourne is the technology director at SapphireSteel Software, developers of programming tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. He is author of The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book Of Recursion from Bitwise Books and of The Book Of Ruby from No Starch Press. He runs Bitwise Courses and teaches courses on a range of programming topics.
Huw has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is a well-known technology writer in the UK. For over ten years he wrote the Delphi and Java programming column for PC Plus Magazine. He has also written numerous opinion and programming columns (including tutorials on C#, C++, Smalltalk and Ruby) for a number of computer magazines, such as Computer Shopper, PC Pro, and PC Plus.
In the 1980s he was a pop music journalist and interviewed most of the New Romantic stars, such as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Boy George, and Depeche Mode. He is now writing a series of 1980s murder mysteries.
At various times Huw has been a magazine publisher, editor, and TV broadcaster. He has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge and holds a 2nd dan black belt in aikido, a martial art which he teaches in North Devon, UK. The aikido comes in useful when trying (usually unsuccessfully) to keep his Pyrenean Mountain Dogs under some semblance of control.

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By Revan Datta on 10/20/2020

Very clear and good understanding from the very foundation

By Youssef El Saleh saleh on 10/4/2020

i am very happy with the course and the way he teach the pointers with details and is very clear i can give him 10 stars

By Anonymous on 10/1/2020

good resource to take a deeper look into pointer

By Michael Mandeville on 9/20/2020

This is the perfect middle-ground for someone who's written tons of C applications, but could never figure out the next step towards system programming. Love it!

By Just If on 9/17/2020

Up until now it seems like what I expected, I certainly have a better understanding of what exactly C is doing behind the scenes. Very well explained.

By Abhay Shanker Pathak on 9/15/2020

Detailed information about Pointer.

By Alexander Popov on 9/13/2020

First of I thought it would be an advanced topic but I already learned pretty much the same in another course "C for the beginners", second there's lack of challenges to practice on..., debugging section isn't exactly on topic...

By Nayni Shah on 9/11/2020

I really had a lot of problems while coding but this course brushed up my basics and also made it easier for me to use pointers. will highly recommend everyone to join this course.

By Anonymized User on 9/8/2020

Una explicacin bastante abundante sobre el tema y gran claridad en la explicacin

By Emresrk76 on 8/21/2020

I learned everything about pointers in a detailed way.
Thank you !

By Enri Paichadze on 8/21/2020

Really good course. However, it would have been good if "queues" have been covered with more details.

By David Heusgen on 8/19/2020

Der Kurs veranschaulicht was im Speicher des PC's vor sich geht, wenn man Pointer benutzt in der Programmiersprache ANSI C. Es wird der sichere Umgang mit Pointern vermittelt und mgliche Fehler veranschaulicht. Die abstrakten Konzepte der Sprache ANSI C werden brilliant fr den Studenten veranschaulicht, so dass dieser diese versteht. Viele Professoren schaffen das nicht und sind eine Enttuschung fr den Studenten. ;)

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