C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming (4th Edition)

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the process of programming by painstakingly developing working programs to illuminate key features of the C programming language. C by Dissection can be found here. Using the “dissection” approach, this book walks the reader through the fundamentals of the programming process. Dissection is a one-of-a-kind tool that was initially developed by the authors so that they could highlight important aspects of program code. It is comparable to an organized walk-through of the code, and its purpose is to explain newly encountered programming parts and idioms as they are found in code that is currently operational. KEY TOPICS: Each chapter provides the reader with a variety of clearly explained programs that, when taken together, guide the reader in an integrated fashion to ever-improving programming skills. The reader is presented with complete programs from the very beginning of the book, and at a relatively early point in the text, the reader is shown how to write functions, which is a significant component of structured programming. The coverage of recursion, memory management, and pointers has been significantly increased in this edition. It also takes into account the fact that many people are learning Java as a first language and then going to C, or vice versa, and it calls out those topics that present a challenge when making such transitions (for example, input/output and data types). TARGET AUDIENCE: This book makes no assumptions about prior programming experience and is appropriate for first-time computer users as well as experienced programmers who are making the switch to C.