Product Description Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days, Complete Compiler Edition, Version 2.0, is the perfect starter kit for new C programmers. The Teach Yourself book is one of the most popular tutorials for learning the C language. Each of the 21 lessons consist of a full-day's activities as you learn the essentials of C. This updated book includes the basic coverage of C including variables, constants, conditional statements, loops, pointers, data structures, disk input/output, and functions, as well as C on Linux and 33% more material on object-oriented programming, including C, C++, and Java.
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Rating: - Excellent for a first exposition to the language.
If you are new to C and new to programming in general, this book will be very useful for you. The style is simple, the programs are not too complicated and the concepts are explaind gradually.
While it doesn't explain all that is needed to master the standard C library, this book will make you feel confortable with the language and will give you some knowledge to follow more advanced and acclaimed C books. There is nothing advanced here, just an honest introduction to the language. So, while ... Read More
Rating: - Good purchase with lots of info
The author jumps around with some topics...hinting at future chapters, but giving just enough info to get an rough idea of what he is talking about. Overall a good book, just be patient and keep reading.
Rating: - Get a different book
I decided (perhaps foolishly) to dive into the world of computer science with the book. I mean a book that teaches me a whole programming language in 3 weeks? I was sold.
What the book does well is that it can quickly teach you the fundamentals of C, right up to pointers. The book does well in borrowing material from a far better book, "The C prgramming language" by kernighan and ritchie. The book also provides a wealth of coding examples for you to disseminate at you leisure. There are ... Read More
Rating: - Errata, errata, errata...
The book is good for what it does, but Sams Publishing should be ashamed of the editing. The errors are beyond absurd. It wouldn't be so incredibly terrible if Sams listed the errata on their website as they do with many books. This edition has been in print for 4 years and no support yet. A better book for those starting out who don't need the added error induced headaches is the "C Primer Plus" by Stephen Prata.
Rating: - The first book to buy if you want to learn C
The book has a great structure, there is 21 chapters/days total about C and an extra 7 chapters about other languages basic beyond C; Java, C#, and C++. There are however many defects to this book, there are many typos that I was able to spot, and there are no answers to some of the questions. I really enjoyed doing the Bug Busters section at the end of the chapters and would like to see more in the next editions of the book.
- Excellent for a first exposition to the language.
- Get a different book
