Programming in C (C11) Fundamentals Certification Online Training

Syllabus of Programming in C (C11) Fundamentals Certification Online Training

• Whence C?
• Why C?
• Whither C?
• What Computers Do
• High-level Computer Languages and Compilers
• Language Standards
• Using C: Seven Steps
• Programming Mechanics

• A Simple Example of C
• The Example Explained
• The Structure of a Simple Program
• Tips on Making Your Programs Readable
• Taking Another Step in Using C
• While You’re at It—Multiple Functions
• Introducing Debugging
• Keywords and Reserved Identifiers
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• A Sample Program
• Data Variables and Constants
• Data: Data-Type Keywords
• Basic C Data Types
• Using Data Types
• Arguments and Pitfalls
• One More Example: Escape Sequences
• Key Concept
• Programming Exercises

• Introductory Program
• Character Strings: An Introduction
• Constants and the C Preprocessor
• Exploring and Exploiting printf() and scanf()
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Introducing Loops
• Fundamental Operators
• Some Additional Operators
• Expressions and Statements
• Type Conversions
• Function with Arguments
• A Sample Program
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Revisiting the while Loop
• The while Statement
• Which Is Bigger: Using Relational Operators and Expressions
• Indefinite Loops and Counting Loops
• The for Loop
• More Assignment Operators: +=, -=, *=, /=, %=
• The Comma Operator
• An Exit-Condition Loop: do while
• Which Loop?
• Nested Loops
• Introducing Arrays
• A Loop Example Using a Function Return Value
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• The if Statement
• Adding else to the if Statement
• Let’s Get Logical
• A Word-Count Program
• The Conditional Operator: ?:
• Loop Aids: continue and break
• Multiple Choice: switch and break
• The goto Statement
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Single-Character I/O: getchar() and putchar()
• Buffers
• Terminating Keyboard Input
• Redirection and Files
• Creating a Friendlier User Interface
• Input Validation
• Menu Browsing
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Reviewing Functions
• ANSI C Function Prototyping
• Recursion
• Compiling Programs with Two or More Source Code Files
• Finding Addresses: The & Operator
• Altering Variables in the Calling Function
• Pointers: A First Look
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Pointers and Arrays
• Functions, Arrays, and Pointers
• Pointer Operations
• Protecting Array Contents
• Pointers and Multidimensional Arrays
• Variable-Length Arrays (VLAs)
• Compound Literals
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Representing Strings and String I/O
• String Input
• String Output
• The Do-It-Yourself Option
• A String Example: Sorting Strings
• The ctype.h Character Functions and Strings
• Command-Line Arguments
• String-to-Number Conversions
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Storage Classes
• A Random-Number Function and a Static Variable
• Roll ’Em
• Allocated Memory: malloc() and free()
• ANSI C Type Qualifiers
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises

• Communicating with Files
• Standard I/O
• A Simple-Minded File-Condensing Program
• File I/O: fprintf(), fscanf(), fgets(), and fputs()
• Adventures in Random Access: fseek() and ftell()
• Behind the Scenes with Standard I/O
• Other Standard I/O Functions
• Key Concepts
• Programming Exercises