C Programming For Beginners (Udemy.com)

Learn C in ten easy steps on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux

( 42 Reviews )

Created by: Huw Collingbourne

Produced in 2022

What you will learn

Master C programming concepts from the ground up
Use the source code examples to learn step-by-step
Understand the special features of C: pointers, header files, null-terminated strings, buffers, IO
Videos explain everything in minute detail
Read the supplied eBook, The Little Book Of C, to explore the topics in even more depth
Test your understanding with end-of-section quizzes

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Overall Score : 78 / 100

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Course Description

The fastest, easiest way to learn to program C on a Mac or Windows. This course will teach you to program the C language from the ground up. You will learn everything from the very 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 course for you! C is one of the most important of all programming languages. It is used to program desktop applications, compilers, tools and utilities and even hardware devices. The C language is fast and efficient but it can be hard to learn. Unless you use this course. This course begins with a gentle introduction to C but quickly moves on to explain some of its most confusing features: everything from C's 'scoping' rules to the curious connection between arrays and memory addresses. By the end of the course you will have a deep understanding both of the C language itself and also of the underlying 'architecture' of your computer. What you will learn:

The fundamentals of programming from the ground up
How to program on a Mac or on Windows
The nitty-gritty details of the C language
Advanced topics such as memory allocation, the stack and heap, and binary file IO

Who should take the course

Beginners if you've never coded before, you can learn C step by step
Programmers switching to C from some other language such as Java, Ruby or Python
Cross-platform developers there are C compilers for all major operating systems
Anyone who needs to program C++ or Objective-C. The C language is the place to start

Who this course is for:

Newcomers to programming
Programmers of other languages who want a fast way into C
Anyone who needs to master C as a basis for using C++ or Objective-C

Time: 6h

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Instructor Details

Huw Collingbourne

3.9 Rating
42 Reviews

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 Scott Mugford on

Lots of info given in a very understandable way. But do wish it was more of a hands on and fellow along thing then a look at my code and see what I did here type of course.

By Sapiens on

gosto de vdeos curtos, que vao direto ao ponto. Muito satisfeito

By Anshita on

My knowledge of C was in pieces and some the major points were not clear. By taking this course i am clearer and confident about the language.

By Daniel Nguyen on

Pointers explanation is poor, still don't know when and how to use it. And the instructor is not typing code, he just show the long chunks of code immediately

By Disruptive Solutions on

Excellent structured course and Huw having a pleasant voice. Also, Huw is there to answer questions that are not directly in the course material but are questions that pop up along the exercises.I would recommend this course.

By Djordje Obradovic on

Looking forward to acquiring even more knowledge from some other materials made by Huw.

By Bojan Rogulja on

Absolutely good. Covered all aspects of basic C up to file IO.

By Alan Forsyth on

Clear and well described with good examples. Nice that both PC and Mac platforms are in use in demos, and any differences mentioned. Despite being a reasonably competent programmer in other languages, I persevered in the early modules - and was very glad to learn the practical difference in use between gets and fgets functions, which I would have otherwise missed!

By Raul da Costa Moreira on

Bastante eficiente pelo uso de uma excelente pedagogia! O instrutor se expressa muito bem.

By Tal melamed on

especially learned about the tools. no need for the code learning so far

By Sreyas Chacko on

Yes, this course was a good match, it allowed me to easily learn the concepts of C.

By Chris Kalkman on

This was an excellent course. He talked in great detail and even included "mistakes/issues" in the code examples to show not only what you could forget, but how to diagnose issues and correct them.Highly recommended to gain a solid understanding of the C language.