Thread: Want to dive into some serious C programming

Hello,
I have learnt the basics of C programming.
Variables,arrays,pointers,structions,file and console i/o etc.

So i thought i would just download a android linux kernel and start reading it to understand how it works. Doing this made me feel i dont know C programming very well.
It is like i just know to write small programs like calculator, tax calculator, small word games like "The stone is falling on you from the hill above, what will you do?
1. Run
2. Jump"
and then the game goes on .
But theres nothing much i did rather than that.

Would you guys recomend something that will improve my skills? also advice me something that will help me get started understanding the codes in the kernel?(the codes in kernel are real tough to understand, almost 2 hours i opend up the files and when i didnt understand how it was i opened all the headers and got more confused )

As of now learning a bit of windows 32 bit application programming.(it is the last chapter in the C programming book i read)

Linux is a BIG package to jump to. From what you listed, Data Structures would be the next traditional step.

If you're really interested in Linux and OS's, you could check out "Understanding the Linux Kernel". There's also "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment". Hard to do better than W. Stevens.

Originally Posted by Tclausex

Linux is a BIG package to jump to. From what you listed, Data Structures would be the next traditional step.

If you're really interested in Linux and OS's, you could check out "Understanding the Linux Kernel". There's also "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment". Hard to do better than W. Stevens.

Data structures ??? Can u throw a lil light on that ? .

Originally Posted by Malcolm McLean

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If you go onto my website, you'll find a program called data density, which contains files called gif.c and rbtree.c. These allow you to read and write GIF files. If you go onto the Matlab website, you'll find a sequence logo program, by me, in Matlab.

You could create your own version in C, as a pure ANSI C program, no Windows functions at all, then maybe extend it to non-biological applications, like scores for a quiz game (height of characters represents each team's score in a section of the game).

Thankyou , sequence logo program means ? I will check out as soon as I have access to my pc . On bed its 1 am

Originally Posted by mhrsolanki2020

Data structures ??? Can u throw a lil light on that ? .

Data structure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bye, Andreas