C

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#1

I would like to learn C. Have no programming background or experience.

Any recommended books or videos I should start with?

How many days should It take to be able to write basic and mid level codes?

Thanks!

#2

Cracking codes?

#3

Are you interested in developing IOS apps?

#4

Nopes. Just want to learn C so that I can add it to my resume.

#5

It’s probably best to start straight from the horse’s mouth: C, by Kernighan and Ritchie.

You’ll be printing “Hello, World” in no time.

(Note: these days, you’ll probably have to know C++ or C# to catch anyone’s attention.)

#6

Do you need to know C in order to know C++ or C#

#7

Nope.

#8

C++ is basically a superset of C, so if you learn C++, you’ll learn the essence of C along the way, plus a bunch of stuff that is needed in modern programming techniques, such as object orientation. C doesn’t require object orientation, but the object oriented C++ is often the standard workhorse of a developer.

C has a bunch of stuff that is extremely low level (like changing they bytes of a string individually). This is useful if you need to squeeze the absolute maximum performance from the machine (assuming you use is correctly), but can be a big pain to have to deal with if your code isn’t so machine-centric.

Java has the object orientedness of C++ but is less oriented to the low-level stuff, and maybe is a better starting route. Once you have java, it’s not hugely tricky to move to C++