Start Programming In C

I have just begun programming in C, and I am interested in any suggestion anyone may have concerning books and websites. Any general learning material. I am specifically interested in network security apps, chat program things, anything involving netowrking remote computers, ect ect. Is C a good language for accomplishing such things? I mean either way I'm learning C cause I understand that is the language most used in computer security and also the language of the linux kernel, correct me if I'm wrong. Anyhow any suggestions would be great. Thanks

while i'm not a programmer in any remote sense of the word itself, i've half-attempted to learn. after doing a lot of reading on the subject, however, i've learned that c is a great language to learn and an excellent foundation to build your knowledge of programming on, but the language that you start to learn with would depend a lot on what you plan on using it for. some people have told me that you should learn python before perl and other. i guess it's all a matter of what works for you.
a good series of programming books (the company has closed it doors) was put out by wrox press. you may be able to find some of their books out there (ebay, amazon marketplace?, etc.), but they're truly exceptional when it comes to laying out the language in a manner that a normal human can understand. i used them for asp and i also have a c book from them. very cool.
good luck on whatever you end up with.

If you are only interested in developing app's without having to know much, i would have to suggest a visit to codewarrior. Download their kneet proggie and you have somewhere to start. Also read their programming FAQ, there is a section regarding C.

I gotta give it to this guy... here's someone who knows all about it: strath. His tutorials on programming are for beginers, so it's pretty much easy to understand.

In what concerns books, ebay is always a good choise.

I've let you in on a couple sites i keep on my "don't forget" list, but if you do a google search you will find more straters for sure ;)

well just one suggestion......if u wanna b l33t in C...dont just read the book...grab the essence...try to understand the concept throghly....and dont beileve anything until u have the output frm atleast 2 compilers....n gcc for a lin a must .... and pls do read steve summit 'C programming FAQ'.....

just my words

Is there a visual C program for windows? Linux?

I've done a bit of programming in C++, and I'm starting to learn Java now as well. And this might not be the best way to compare them, but by lookin at the advanced stuff in the books i have for both of them, the Java books seem to describe a lot more networking capabilitys than C++. Maybe you should look into Java a bit, I know both of those languages are very similar, except Java is pretty slow compared to C++, but that doesn't really matter if you arent doing a huge project with it. I'm just a beginner myself, but thats what I know. Any other suggestions?

I will get slammed for this but I was always under the impression that Java was something only used on webpages. I know, slam me everyone lol. Anyway, it has to be C, I have to understand C but I might choose C++ if there is no visual C.

I'll reply, so you dont. Thats what I thought as well, and it is and it isn't. Javascript is for webpages, and a way to write java is in applet format or something. But you can write them so they compile as programs like it sounds like you want them.

yes definately programs. Any answers about the visual C?

you should really learn C or C++ before you start doing visual stuff. doing both would be good. the visual programming accomplishes nothing functional, apart from the visual gui. in short, the program must be written before you go making the frontend anyway.

all the meat can be carved in plain old standard C.

try http://www.digitalmars.com and check out their runtime library reference for some routines that you will probably need.

DevC++ is what you probably want as you are starting out. but i would quickly migrate to Linux and the real gcc compiler so you don't have to CreateProcess( ...... ) and WSADATA and all that.

Yeah, the bloodshed compiler on download.com, and codewarrior are both good for beginners, they highlight different types of code, variables and comments and such

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Originally posted here by SevenBleach
Is there a visual C program for windows? Linux?

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No Visual C for Linux. However you if you give the latest KDevelop (GIDEON) a chance and learn how to use it,
you will get what I think you are asking for.

I would be commiting a cardinal Unix-hacker sin if I didn't at least suggest that you give emacs a try and learn
to write your own emacs-lisp customizations for it.

-- spurious

Edit: fixed the KDevelop link

Here are some good links that I brought up with a google search:

http://undergraduate.csse.uwa.edu.au...312/Clect1.pdf
http://www.teicontrols.com/notes/C_P...mmingNotes.pdf
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/documentati...des/c/l922.pdf
http://oscinfo.osc.edu/training/C/ccourse_fix.pdf
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~csei/project/sf/notes/cprog.pdf
http://www.strath.ac.uk/IT/Docs/Ccourse/
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html
http://www.cprogramming.com/
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/cclass.html
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/notes/top.html

Here are some compiler links:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
http://http://users.cyberelectric.ne...kCompilers.htm
http://http://www.willus.com/ccomp.shtml

A good book that I read a few weeks ago that was good was "A Book on C" by Ira Pohl. If you want to get books on it I would suggest hitting the library up, especially if you live in a city. Another good place is the bargain bins at local bookstores, the basics of C have been the same for a while, older books on it are still good. I picked up a copy of C Unleashed for $7 US. I would also suggest looking in the tutorials forum.

Hope this helps.

-libertie

First of all do not ever question the usefulness of C/C++ as programming languages.They r 2 good & if u perfect it u can do anything u want on a pc from a genius software 2 ur own destructive virus.But 4 now i'll tell u to concentrate on basic commands,stuctures,functions etc.The things u wanted 2 make will come by.Tutorials on programmingtutorials.com r quite good.
Good luck

I bought the SAMS book "teach yourself C in 21 days". Using the bloodshed editor/compiler is a great help. (it took 14 days to get through the first 7 days in the book.)

I don't necessarily have to program, I just want to have clue when I read someone else's source.

Would you recommend learning C, or C++. What is better? I always thought that newer would be better.

I'm learning C using a C++ compiler (bloodshed). Learning C won't be a waste of time you can progress right into C++.