C For Dummies 2nd Edition by Dan Gookin (PDF)

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while (dead_horse) beat ():If you’re like most people, the above seems like nonsense. Actually, it’s computer sense—C programming. After digesting C For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you’ll understand it. C programs are fast, concise and versatile. They let you boss your computer around for a change. So turn on your computer, get a free compiler and editor (the book tells you where), pull up a chair, and get going. You won’t have to go far (page 13) to find your first program example. You’ll do short, totally manageable, hands-on exercises to help you make sense of:All 32 keywords in the C language (that’s right—just 32 words)The functions—several dozen of themTerms like printf(), scanf(), gets (), and puts ()String variables, numeric variables, and constantsLooping and implementationFloating-point valuesIn case those terms are almost as intimidating as the idea of programming, be reassured that C For Dummies was written by Dan Gookin, bestselling author of DOS For Dummies, the book that started the whole library. So instead of using expletives and getting headaches, you’ll be using newly acquired skills and getting occasional chuckles as you discover how to:Design and develop programsAdd comments (like post-it-notes to yourself) as you goLink code to create executable programsDebug and deploy your programsUse lint, a common tool to examine and optimize your codeA helpful, tear-out cheat sheet is a quick reference for comparison symbols, conversion characters, mathematical doodads, C numeric data types, and more. C For Dummies takes the mystery out of programming and gets you into it quickly and painlessly.

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Find out how to tell your computer what to do Design and develop programs, compile and link code, fix problems, and moreCome “C” what all the excitement’s about! C programs are fast, concise, and versatile, and you’ll be writing them in no time. This friendly book unlocks the mysteries of coding, compiling, adding comments, and using keywords, I/O, variables, integers, and all the rest. You’ll write your first C program before you finish Chapter 1!The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English”Get in, get out” informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and funDiscover how to:Understand the entire program development cycleLink code to create executable programsDebug and deploy your programsUse floats, integer variables, and if statementsWrite functions and use loops From the Back Cover Find out how to tell your computer what to do Design and develop programs, compile and link code, fix problems, and moreCome “C” what all the excitement’s about! C programs are fast, concise, and versatile, and you’ll be writing them in no time. This friendly book unlocks the mysteries of coding, compiling, adding comments, and using keywords, I/O, variables, integers, and all the rest. You’ll write your first C program before you finish Chapter 1!The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English”Get in, get out” informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and funDiscover how to:Understand the entire program development cycleLink code to create executable programsDebug and deploy your programsUse floats, integer variables, and if statementsWrite functions and use loops About the Author Dan Gookin (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) wrote the first-ever For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, as well as the bestselling PCs For Dummies and Word For Dummies. He wrote C For Dummies Volumes One and Two. Dan’s books have been translated into 32 languages and have more than 11 million copies in print. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I am working through the book to teach my daughter programing. A GREAT book. I highly recommend it– just not the Kindle version because the code examples are too small and almost illegible. The code examples cannot be resized on the Kindle or with the PC or IPOD/phone apps. I have talked with the Dummies.com customer support (They were very responsive.), but they say there is nothing they can do about it. It is a limitation of the Kindle format. (I bet there is a way, but someone just doesn’t want to do it.)After playing around with it, I found that if you change the Kindle to landscape view (screen rotation) you can see the code much better. This makes the Kindle format of this book more acceptable. Also in the PC app, maximizing the window does the same thing and makes the code readable.

⭐This was my first C book (I think it was actually my first computer programming book). I can’t think of a single person this book would be suitable for.What exactly is wrong with this book has been said by other reviewers so I’ll confine myself to a synopsis of what I’ve seen others say here that I also found to be true from my own experience: the content to “joke” ratio is out of control. I’d guess for every three pages you get one morsel of useful content, which in most cases could have been stated in a single line.Get almost any other book on C except this one (Kernighan & Richie is how I learned C in the end…surprise surprise….supplemented by the C Puzzle book and lots & lots of practice).

⭐This book is really good! I used my iPad to read this book, and the quality is good!

⭐The idea behind the Dummies books – put the reader at ease – is taken to extremes here. The style is not only very distracting, but a waste of time. This book is almost 400 pages long, but if you took out the dumb jokes and other irrelevant material, you could condense it down to about 50 pages. For a good introduction to C programming, and an excellent example of concise technical writing, spend fifteen bucks to download Coronado’s C tutorial:[…]I have a total of three introductory books on C programming and none of them is as useful as the Coronado tutorial.

⭐I bought this book because other reviewers said it was very good. And it is well organized and written. Some reviewers thought that the jokes were superfluous, and some are. It would be nice if the so called humor was marked so you could skip it, as it does not really add to the learning. The problem I had with the book is that I could not see how the programs to ran from my IDE because the DOS window would flicker and close instantly. Starting them from the CMD prompt was slow because I had to type in the whole directory name – which seemed to be made unnecessarily long for no reason (as least not explained in the book). I had to go on line and search for answers – like finding a needle in a haystack for someone who knows nothing about programming like me. It would have been so much easier if the author had explained how to do this in Chapter 1. If you have buy this book and use and IDE and you cant get your programs to run, try entering – getchar(); – before the last line – return(0);. You may have to add that line after the – scanf(); functions also.Another problem is the very first program. The classic program that everyone in the world writes for their first program is called the “Hello World” program. The author chose to distort that to the “Goodbye Cruel World” program. This was an unfortunate choice, quite tactless. The is such a huge problem with teen and young adult suicide these days, many of these kids are depressed, at the very age when one is learing how to program, that this seems to be insensitive. He could have tried “Look out World, here I come!

⭐I bought a million books before taking a class in C. This was one of them.It seems okay, I guess, but not great. I ended up using the Dietel book for class, which was amazing – although I’m not positive I would have enjoyed it so much without the aid of an instructor.I think the best book I used for learning on my own was by Apress – but I generally like all of their books.

⭐Boring. I tried to go to the sites listed at the back to get a compiler, and those sites no longer exist. Not a good bargain.

⭐Book arrived in good condition, and was reasonably priced.

⭐I first bought the paperback version – brilliant, easy to read, informative, structured and the author does not have an ego that other writers on the subject dish out by about page 15. I thoroughly recommend this book and as a paperback would give it 5 stars. A long, long time go I also bought ‘Dos for Dummies’ by the same author; brilliant!So, as I was studying quite intently for a project I am working on I treated myself to a Kindle edition as well as the paperback. Several reasons (1) A lot more portable. The kindle can be taken to my favorite coffee bar to read.(2)I don’t know about you but I find it a bit difficult reading a book that proclaims that the reader is a ‘Dummy’ to any onlooker (That’s the last thing you are if you got even half way through and understood how you got there.) (3)A very important reason for buying any electronic book is that it is searchable.However, the guys who converted to to Kindle format obviously did not try in out on a standard Kindle. The paragraph text is fine. But when it comes to examples of code it set within a box with a grey background. This renders it almost impossible – nay on some of the examples, impossible – to read. The point is that I could not continue to study this work with my Kindle. Wish I could get my money back. So a brilliant book, well written and an example to all other authors of technical subjects totally ruined because the end product was not checked out.So, sadly,I give it one star.

⭐While this book does cover the basics of C very simplified, the author peppers the book with inane statements which presumably are meant to be funny. This would not be too bad in small doses but quickly becomes very annoying and tedious with nearly every page littered with them. The amount of coding covered is very small and could be condensed into about a quarter of the size. Eventually the endless puns and tripe got the better of me and I ditched the book and sought a better source. Very disappointing.

⭐It’s okay as a book on the basics of C. There are many better books on the subject. Try ‘C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide’ by Greg Perry & Dean Miller which is miles better.

⭐I gave this book a 4/5 instead of a 5, due to the fact that compared to other for dummies books, the author of this for dummies book has not focused on making it as easy as possible for the reader to learn C, or any of the coding concepts in general. There is a very good high level explanation, but when it comes to the individual methods of programming, the author somewhat falls short in the explanations.This is however one of the better books out there in terms of introducing the world of C programming language to beginners, so if you are a Computer Science student in 1st year requiring to learn C language, or any other beginner programmer, then this book is a must, along with a companion guide (where you can choose out of the many university textbooks out there)

⭐good , delivered well in time. product as described.

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