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C All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

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I am currently reading this book to develop some programming skills. This books starts from the beginning and is easy to understand amidst the comic humor it includes. Who thought "C" could be fun?

I've always struggled when trying to locate easy-to-understand programming books. After reading "C for Dummies" I wanted to move on, and because I enjoyed Dan Gookin's writing so much, this book was the one I decided to purchase.

Although it didn't get me out of the console, this book helped introduce pointers and other more advanced parts of the C programming language. It's a great reference, although sadly limited. I used it constantly when I was writing simple card games that would run in a console, and it helped immensely.

Dan Gookin's writing always contains an element of humour, and I found it very easy to follow along with what he was trying to get across. Even the program examples are hilarious, and I suppose that made learning a programming language a lot more interesting for me. If you are going to get started in C, I would highly recommend this. Although it doesn't cover advanced topics like win32 programming, it's a very handy reference for the beginner.

If Dan wrote another book going into even more advanced parts of the frightening realm of the C programming language, I can guarantee you I'd be right there behind him with my money out.

I use this book as an introductory text for a programming class composed of both CS-major and non-CS students. I must say that after looking at and using other textbooks, it is hard to compete with this book.

Firstly it is actually *readable*. Many texts for C are certainly good, but are aimed more at individuals with some prior programming experience. This book is truly aimed at the beginner, and progresses as the individual progresses. THe latter half of the book deals with more advanced topics in C, but the book as a whole covers the entire gamet of C programming. It would certainly suffice for a curriculum in which the first few courses use C.

It also delves into other topics such as algorithm design and
debugging.

An A+++ book. Others may be sceptical, but it is refreshing to
read a well-written programming book.