C Programming: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Kevin Tatroe, Larry Ullman, Marc Liyanage

Book Overview

Tackles both programming fundamentals and the ABCs of C itself through a series of task-based lessons that use step-by-step instructions and visual aids to make C accessible. This book explains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321287630
• ISBN13: 9780321287632
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent way to learn C programming!

I needed to learn to program in C for my job. Unfortunately I was unable to find any community college or other in-person type courses that taught C programming. I spent several months struggling trying to learn C through Element K and other online resources. Having previously used the Visual Quickstart series to learn HTML, I finally purchased the C Programming Visual Quickstart Guide. It was the best purchase I have made in a long time! The two column format is FAR easier to follow than the traditional single column approach. The examples teach the content very specifically by highlighting (in bold) the relevant code in the scripts found on the right-hand side of the page. I am learning to program in C quickly and easily. I wish I had bought the book in the first place!

best introduction ever !!!

It is a wonderful Introduction to C!!! I have seen many other books dealing with programming, but this is definitely the best. Even for an almost absolute beginner like me this book presented a format, a style and a quality to get understand pretty easy. For PC and Mac users alike; and the given examples work - what in most books it is not the case! I wish the authors would write a book about Objective - C in the same style! Amazing that there so few books about programming and programming languages which deal the subject in a didactically and thorough method without the need having learned three languages before and without having a 10 years programmers experience - a be on a mac- thanks so much to the authors!!!

Good book to start with!!

If you wanted to get up to speed with C without having to read thousands of pages in order to understand one concept then this book does a fantastic job. Good book to start on and i would recommend it to anyone!!

An absolute "must" for students or professionals

Co-written by Larry Ullman and Marc Liyanage (professional trainers of software engineers), Visual Quickstart Guide: C Programming is a text specifically intended for beginning to intermediate-level programmers who need to assimilate the basics of programming in C as swiftly as possible. Using a visual, picture and example-centered approach to show how to perform basic tasks, C programming eschews long-winded passages for direct results and an easy-to-follow system for immediately looking up what one most needs to know. Individual chapters expertly and accessibly address the basics of data types, control structures, creating one's own functions, managing memory, working with strings, installing and using C tools, and much more. Visual Quickstart Guide: C Programming is an absolute "must" for students or professionals who need to learn or refresh their knowledge of C and have little time to spare.