Description: David Griffiths began programming at age 12, after being inspired by a documentary on the work of Seymour Papert. At age 15 he wrote an implementation of Papert's computer language LOGO. After studying Pure Mathematics at University, he began writing code for computers and magazine articles for humans and he is currently an agile coach with Exoftware in the UK, helping people to create simpler, more valuable software. He spends his free time traveling and time with his lovely wife, Dawn. Dawn Griffiths started life as a mathematician at a top UK university where she was awarded a First-Class Honours degree in Mathematics. She went on to pursue a career in software development, and has over 15 years experience working in the IT industry. Dawn has written several books, including Head First C, Head First Statistics and Head First 2D Geometry. Advance Praise for Head First C Praise for other Head First books Authors of Head First C How to use this Book: Intro Chapter 1: Getting Started with C: Diving in Chapter 2: Memory and Pointers: What are you pointing at? Chapter 2.5: Strings: String theory Chapter 3: Creating Small Tools: Do one thing and do it well Chapter 4: Using Multiple Source Files: Break it down, build it up Chapter 5: Structs, Unions, and Bitfields: Roll your own structures Chapter 6: Data Structures and Dynamic Memory: Building bridges Chapter 7: Advanced Functions: Turn your functions up to 11 Chapter 8: Static and Dynamic Libraries: Hot-swappable code Chapter 9: Processes and System Calls: Breaking boundaries Chapter 10: Interprocess Communication: It's good to talk Chapter 11: Sockets and Networking: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Chapter 12: Threads: It's a parallel world Leftovers: The top ten things (we didn't cover) C Topics: Revision roundup
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Book Title: Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide by David Grif
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Item Weight: 0.86 kg
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Author: David Griffiths
Publication Name: Head First C
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: O'reilly Media, Inc, USA
Subject: Computer Science
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 608 Pages