Reference no: EM131095339

-Introduction to C

• What is C?
• Features of C
• Versions of C
• What is C used for?
• C vs. related languages
• Warning: low-level language

-Writing C Programs

• Editing C code
• Compiling a program
• More about gcc
• Debugging
• Using gdb
• Memory debugging
• The IDE - all-in-one solution
• Using Eclipse

-Our First C Program

• Structure of a .c file
• Comments
• The #include macro
• More about header files
• Declaring variables
• Initializing variables
• Arithmetic expressions
• Order of operations
• Function prototypes
• The main() function
• Function definitions
• Our main() function
• Alternative main() function
• More about strings
• Console I/O
• Preprocessor macros
• Defining expression macros
• Conditional preprocessor macros
• Compiling
• Running
• Summary

Topics covered:

• How to edit, compile, and debug C programs

• C programming fundamentals:

• comments

• preprocessor macros, including #include

• the main() function

• declaring and initializing variables, scope

• using puts() – calling a function and passing an argument

• returning from a function