Professional and Applied Computing

Learn the basics of C, the C standard library, and modern C standards. Complete with modern, up-to-date examples and screenshots, this new edition is fully updated and reworked with the latest C23 standards and features.

C is a language that is as popular today as it was decades ago. It can be used to program a microcontroller or to develop an entire operating system. Author Slobodan Dmitrović takes you on a journey through the C programming language, the standard library, and the C standards basics. Each chapter is the right balance of theory and code examples. 

Written in a concise and easy-to-follow manner, this book will provide you all the essentials needed to start programming in modern C.

What You Will Learn

• Understand C programming language and C standard library fundamentals
• Work with new C standards features
• Study the basics of types, operators, statements, arrays, functions, and structs
• Review the fundamentals of pointers, memory allocation, and memory manipulation
• Take advantage of best practices in C

Who This Book Is For 

Beginner or novice programmers who wish to learn the C programming language. No prior programming experience is required.