C Programming for the Absolute Beginner [With CDROM]

by Michael Vine

Book Overview

Each chapter includes a project designed around simple games as a fun approach to learning programming. This book will use ANSI C standards and the free gcc compiler as its development platforms.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931841527
• ISBN13: 9781931841528
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Pretty Well Done

I think C Programming for the absolute beginner is fairly well written and contains some good examples. The challenges aren't all games, and some of them will probably be uninteresting to the reader. It is the best book I've read so far for learning C, and would certainly recommend it to others who want to learn it as well.

For anyone wanting to learn C Programming from scratch

Deftly written by software engineer and applications developer Michael Vine, C Programming For The Absolute Beginner truly lives up to its title. No previous familiarity with the art of computer programming is required to understand and learn from the lessons provided, all of which revolve around simple game creation in a learn-through-doing process. Basic C Programming tasks such as initializing variables, creating two-dimensional arrays, manipulating strings, and using compound if structures, are among the many core building block abilities taught by this superbly written and presented introductory guide. An accompanying CD contains a gcc C compiler and the Cygwin free UNIX shell makes Michael Vine's C Programming For The Absolute Beginner and absolute "must" for anyone wanting to learn C Programming from scratch.