C Resources

Learning Resources

Resources for Those Unfamiliar with C

For those who are new to C, we have pages which suggest ways to learn and resources to use:

Learning Resources for C Programmers

This pages focuses on books, podcasts and other content for C programmers. Many people find that they learn best by “learning by doing”, and so you might find the resources for practice page useful.

Other Books

The Standard C Library by P. J. Plauger
C: A Reference Manual, by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele
The C Puzzle Book by Alan R. Feuer (review)
C Traps and Pitfalls (Andrtew Koenig)
Algorithms in C, Robert Sedgewick

FAQs

comp.lang.c FAQ

Tutorials on the C Language

Beginners Mistakes
- Trying to learn C by using tutorials can present problems; see Learning C for Programming Beginners for an explanation and some alternative approaches.
- A beginners’ guide away from scanf()
The C Language
- beej’s guides
  - Beej’s Guide to Network Programming (see below) is well-regarded, but they have also written these.
  - Beej’s guide to C programming
  - Beej’s Guide to C Programming — Library Reference
- A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C

Tutorials on Specific Topics

Floating-Point Arithmetic
- What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic by David Goldberg (Computing Surveys, March 1991).
Network Programming
- The well-known and highly regarded Beej’s Guide to Network Programming (also available in paperback)
  - If you’re unfamiliar with networking, you might find Beej’s Guide to Networking Concepts useful, though it uses Python as a teaching tool.
- Beej’s Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication

Podcasts

C
C++
- Not specifically relevant to C, but cppcast was popular (also available on YouTube).

Video Content

Watch out for tutorial hell.

YouTube channels
- CodeVault
- Portfolio Courses

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