Introduction to C

This repository is the workshop materials for the Linux@App Introduction to C workshops.

Each workshop meeting has its own subdirectory with the materials for that meeting. Each subdirectory contains a README.md like this one with instructions for using the materials.

Hopefully, the materials are sufficiently verbose that you can read through them to get the same content as attending a workshop.

Pull requests and suggestions welcome!

Content

This repository is intended to teach the following skills:

• Meeting 1
  • Basic C compiler usage
  • Basic C preprocessor tricks
  • Basic C types
  • Basic functions
  • C strings and memory management
  • How to get help with and use the C standard library
• Meeting 2
  • Pointers and Arrays (review)
  • Memory and Strings (review)
  • Basic structures
  • Methods
  • Header files & Modularization

Prerequisites

You need a UNIX machine with gcc, git, make, and some kind of text editor. You should know how to run programs in a terminal. Basic programming experience in another language is also important.

Getting started

This repository contains a series of makefiles that operate on different files to automate compilation. Use these as a reference to learn the various flags that the gcc command accepts.

Acquire a copy of the files:

git clone https://github.com/whereswaldon/intro2c.git

Then dive in to the meeting directories in ascending order.