Best hand book is - Author name-Denis Ritchie
Bcz He is THe Devloper and no body knws better then him.....you can go for that book
U can also have one ----- THE COMPLETE REFERENCE on C
Ths book is only for the Working People Reference
Books For Your Refences
Best hand book is - Author name-Denis Ritchie
Bcz He is THe Devloper and no body knws better then him.....you can go for that book
U can also have one ----- THE COMPLETE REFERENCE on C
Ths book is only for the Working People Reference
Just read ONE single book if you are looking to work in Unix or I dont want to be biased if you are looking to work on MS too.
THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - BY K & R.
Read the book, word to word, solve the problems ON YOUR OWN. and you will do well.
Please Please do not read the following books:
YASHWANT KANETKAR (What the heck is LET US C?????........Is it like I am strolling on a park and I suddenly decide to learn C....No WAY.....Learning C is a dedicated effort which needs LOTS of time and energy and no LET US C book can help u in that !!.
BALAGURUSWAMY - Better than LET US C but still Balaguruswamy needs to know a lot of stuff .
etcetc and loads of other Indian authors.
These Indian authors were basically Cyber Coolies and want the rest of the population also to be Cyber coolies.
I am talking from experience as an Indian, AVOID indian books if you want to do well in Programming.
Thanks
AMONG other recommendation (ONCE you have completed K& R)
UNIX- Advanced programming in the Unix environment - Simply the best.
Last edited by saurav_bhasin; 11-15-2009 at 12:50 PM.
I know that there are a lot of mistakes in Yashwant kanetkar's Let us C, but from a beginner's perspective I would recommend it. He has explained the things in very lucid manner and if anyone is from non-programming(i.e learning C as the very first language) background, Let UsC is quite nice. Going directly to KnR is not advised from my side, but different people have different opinions. I'm telling this from my own experience.Originally Posted by saurav_bhasin
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C How to Program by Deital is good, but extremely dense and much worse for it.
Last edited by Salem; 12-10-2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason: I'm not having people recommend herbie schildt without knowing what they're talking about
I am very happy with "a Book on C" by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl (4th edition). It's about ANSI C.
It explains everything very well and (for me) in depth.
The biggest advantage is that it starts with an "overview of c" (first chapter, about 50 pages) to get one started. Then you can read on, chapter by chapter, but with the foundations you have from the overview, it should be possible to jump to other chapters.
Very good exercises at the end of each chapter.
I have the dutch translation "De Programmeertaal C".
The C programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie is a very good introductory book for learning C. But it is also a very concentrated book and every word has to be read with care as it contains a lot of details.
If you do not have any experience in programming, I suggest you first read the book by Balagurusamy and then K & R.
I don't recommend Let us C because it contains a lot of stuff specific to Windows which is not needed for beginners.
Last edited by Salem; 12-10-2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason: snip fake sig
Hello.
The following advise is for newbies. The book The C programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie is definitely the best book, but only for those who already have some *solid* experience with C. I've learned a few tricks with it in the industry. However, for those newbies who want to learn C, the K&R is the *worst* book. It will confuse you to no end. Look somewhere else.
Jean Paul Corriveau,
author of "A step-by-step guide to C programming" published by Prentice-Hall
When I was getting started in C most of the introductory books on C were...well....too introductory. They explained what C was but not really what to do with it. This book by Herb Schildt Amazon.com: Born to Code in C (9780078814686): Herbert Schildt: Books
teaches with real-world projects (how to create a database, game, etc). More hands-on than many books. For the longest time it was a favorite of mine...
"Understanding Pointers in C" by Yashwant Kanetkar.
Its a very nice book, contains nice examples and easy to understand. It is best for the beginners.
I'm almost done reading The C Programming Language 2nd edition. I'm at the 8th chapter, and i started to wonder what book should i pick next.
K&R is my first book.
There are actually many good books on C. However, i feel that most times you can find just about everything that you are looking for online. What most programmers really want is a good reference and not a book explaining every possible detail on C.
I just completed ANSI C By Balaguruswamy
I learned basics in loops,decision making,arrays and structure which book can come next for me
I want to learn some graphics, and other beauty about C language
i use sams C primer plus as my first book to learn C,
i like this book , it also include many ansi c features.
and i read this book , the c programming language, i use this book as reference
C Programming is another nice book to begin.
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I'm by no means an expert.
I've heard that K&R is an excellent book, so I bought it.
I also bought C All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies.
Is there anything anyone can recommend to me to pay extra attention to in either of these books?
