If you are new to programming with C and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the for the absolute beginner™ series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. C is not an easy language to learn, but fortunately the clear explanations, examples, and pictures in this book make learning C easy and fun. Each chapter contains programming challenges, a chapter review, and a complete program that uses chapter-based concepts to construct an easily built application. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical C programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real-world scenarios. Additionally, by the time you finish this book, you will be able to apply the programming principles you’ve learned to the next programming language you tackle.
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Michael Vine has taught computer programming, web design, and database classes at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN, and at MTI College of Business and Technology in Sacramento, CA. Michael has over 15 years of experience in the information technology profession. He currently works full time at a Fortune 500 company as an IT Project Manager delivering enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence solutions.
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By Carol
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Very simple, basic, easy to understand book. I found this to be most helpful in my C and C++ course.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not that awesome...
April 24 2011
By Nick Edwards
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I am learning programming on my own, and really am an absolute beginner. However, I just finished chapter 3, and for chapters 2 and 3, the exercises in the end require information we have not yet gone over in the book, such as using string characters, including more libraries (using the #include header), and one instance asks me to take a character and an integer and compare the two (which can't be done).
For those of you who NOW know nothing about programming, if you REALLY want to learn it WELL, I do NOT recommend this book, as it will lead to much frustration when you attempt the exercise questions, or when you get to real life problems for which you would like to use C to solve.
I also could not get the suggested compiler to work properly that the book suggests, so I downloaded DEV C++ from bloodshed.
For those of you who NOW know nothing about programming, if you REALLY want to learn it WELL, I do NOT recommend this book, as it will lead to much frustration when you attempt the exercise questions, or when you get to real life problems for which you would like to use C to solve.
I also could not get the suggested compiler to work properly that the book suggests, so I downloaded DEV C++ from bloodshed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good if used in conjunction with a class
Jan 4 2012
By N. Thomas
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took a college course on C and this was the required text. written so just about anybody can understand. well written with few mistakes, but not as complete as it needs to be to learn C by yourself. If your taking a class, this is a great companion. If your trying to teach yourself steer clear. Numerous times when code written included subjects not covered earlier in the book. Overall well written, but incomplete.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Descent book on C.
May 14 2010
By Aquarius
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A good book for beginners/students. It's easy to read and well structured. With each chapter you build on the knowledge gain in the previous chapter. For me chapter 10 on memory functions could have been left out, since I think programmers won't care so much for these functions given the amount of memory and the much better memory handling of modern computers. Overall it's a good book, whit lots of examples, which convey the concepts to the reader. Each chapter is closed with a complete program showing the structures tought in the chapter. There are also a few exercizes at the end of each chapter. C is also a great langauge to start with. Once you learn C, you have the ground for basically anyother programming language. After studying this book, you will be able to write some good C programs. It's a good book.
If you are ready for a somewhat more in depth coverage, try A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition. And if you want to give Java a try, checkout Java Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner (Series).).
Try also google: C tutorial, or C programming, or anything like that. There are lot of great sites outthere with eitehr tutorials, or text, or sample code, or tests. Try it. You'll learn a lot.
If you are ready for a somewhat more in depth coverage, try A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition. And if you want to give Java a try, checkout Java Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner (Series).).
Try also google: C tutorial, or C programming, or anything like that. There are lot of great sites outthere with eitehr tutorials, or text, or sample code, or tests. Try it. You'll learn a lot.
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