C Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner (Series).)

By Michael Vine

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. Using these platforms allows the reader to access free software for most operating systems (Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000), Linux and othe UNIX-based OS's. Most competitors assume readers have access to varioius developmental environments. This book uses the free CYGWIN software which will allow readers from any background (UNIX or Microsoft) to easily read, study, and implement chapter contents. Unlike most of the competitors, the author will not deviate from the original target audience by including even minor discussion of advance programming topics, which lose many beginners and fail to satisfy intermediate to advanced programmers. 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: 1.01 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...