tedcheng/CProgrammingCurriculum

C Programming Curriculum (WIP)

#Learn To Code C

Goals

• Understand the topics listed in the curriculum.
• Complete a personal project written in C.
• Contribute to an open source project that is written in C.

Week 1: Compilation

• Why Learn C?
• Compiling and Running C Programs
  • gcc demo
  • clang demo
  • clang versus gcc from clang.llvm.org
• The "Main" Function
• Exercises:
  • Hello World
  • Formatted Printing from "Learn C The Hard Way" (Ignore the comments about using Make.)
  • Fahrenheit to Celsius from "The C Programming Language" (p. 8-14)
  • Fizz Buzz
  • Bonus: Euler Problem #1: Multiples of 3 and 5
  • Bonus: Euler Problem #2: Even Fibonacci Numbers
  • Bonus: Euler Problem #3: Largest Prime Factor

Week 2: Basics Part 1

• Variable Declaration
• Data Types
  • Exercise: Types of Variables from "Learn C The Hard Way"
  • Exercise: Finding the Size of Data Types
• Strings in C
  • Exercise: Arrays and Strings from "Learn C The Hard Way" (Read the error output from the "break it" section here)
• Printing
• Conditionals
  • Exercise: If, Else-If, Else from "Learn C The Hard Way" (Bonus: This exercise uses command line arguments.)
• Loops
  • Exercise: Word Counter from "The C Programming Language" (p. 20-22)
• Arithmetic Operations from "The C Programming Language" (p.41)
  • Exercise: More Variables, Some Math from "Learn C The Hard Way"
• More Exercises:
  • Bonus: Switch Statement from "Learn C The Hard Way"
  • Bonus: Arrays of Strings, Looping from "Learn C The Hard Way"
  • Bonus: While-Loop And Boolean Expressions from "Learn C The Hard Way"

Week 3: Basics Part 2

• Syntax Review
• Type Conversion from "The C Programming Language" (p.42-46)
• Getting User Input
• Exercises:
  • Sizes and Arrays from "Learn C The Hard Way"
  • Writing and Using Functions from "Learn C The Hard Way"
  • Project: Make a Game
  • Bonus: Recursion Exercise from "Learn C The Hard Way"

Week 4: C Specific Basics

• C Libraries
• Using multiple files in a project (TODO)
  • Exercise: Variations of Fizz Buzz
• External Variables (TODO)
  • Exercise: RPN Calculator from "The C Programming Language" (p.74-79)
• [Make Files][make-files] (TODO)
  • Exercise: Make some Makefiles
• sizeof and memory allocation (TODO)
  • Exercise: Caesar Cipher (TODO)

Week 5: Pointers and Standard Libraries

• Pointers (TODO)
• Standard Libraries (TODO)
• exercises (TODO)

Week 6: Memory Allocation

• (TODO)

Week 7: Data Types

• Structs
• Unions (TODO)
• Enums (TODO)
• exercises (TODO)

Week 8: Advanced Topic

• Bitwise Operations or Buffer Overflow (TODO)

###Bonus Material:

• C Snacks (Tips and Tricks)

###Small Tools

• Small Tools Intro
• Command Line Options & Arguments
  • Exercise: Tip Calculator
  • Exercise: D&D Character Generator

###Resources

Much of the material for this course was drawn from the following:

• "The C Programming Language" by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
• "Learn C The Hard Way" by Zed Shaw

###License MIT License