Practical C Programming

This is the code repository for Practical C Programming, published by Packt.

Solutions for modern C developers to create efficient and well-structured programs

What is this book about?

Practical C Programming will teach you how to deal with C and its idiosyncrasies, and benefit from its new features, through bite-sized recipes. Each recipe in the book addresses a specific problem through a discussion that reveals and explains the solution to the recipe. This book will teach all you need to know to become a better C programmer.

This book covers the following exciting features:

Discover how to use arrays, functions, and strings to create large apps
Perform preprocessing and conditional compilation for efficient programming
Understand how to use pointers and memory optimally
Use general-purpose utilities and improve the performance of the code
Implement multitasking using threads and process synchronization
Explore low-level programming and inline assembly language
Understand how to use graphics for animation
Implement security while developing C programs
Establish communication between two or more processes using different techniques

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

for(i=0;i<2;i++)
  {
    for(j=0;j<4;j++)
    {
      matR[i][j]=0;
      for(k=0;k<3;k++)
      {
        matR[i][j]=matR[i][j]+matA[i][k]*matB[k][j];
      }
    }
  }

Following is what you need for this book: If you’re a programmer with basic experience in C and want to leverage its features through modern programming practices, then this book is for you.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-18).

Software and Hardware List

Chapter	Software required	OS required
1-18	cygwin	Windows 8 or above
13	MySQL Community Server	Windows 8 or above

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

Get to Know the Author

B. M. Harwani is the founder of Microchip Computer Education, based in Ajmer, India, which provides computer literacy in programming and web development to learners of all ages. He further helps the community by sharing the knowledge and expertise he's gained over 20 years of teaching by writing books. His recent publications include jQuery Recipes, published by Apress, Introduction to Python Programming and Developing GUI Applications with PyQT, published by Cengage Learning, The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, UNIX and Shell Programming, published by Oxford University Press, and Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook, published by Packt.

Other books by the authors

Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

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