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~ Introduction to Programming in C ~ Course Outline |
| Session No / Links | Session Description |
| Introduction to C. Brief History of C. The C++ Builder environment. Your first C program: Typing it in, saving it, compiling, running, and debugging it. Overview of what we will be covering. | |
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~~Study Week~~ |
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| Session 2 (Word Versn) |
Structure of a C program. Libraries and Includes. Variables, Constants, and Types. Functions and Prototypes. Arithmetic Operators and Precedence. Comments. The C Preprocessor. |
| Session 3 (Word Versn) |
Looping - for, while, do-while. Break and continue. Branching - IF and Switch/Case statements. Question-Mark/colon operator. |
| Session 4 (Word Versn) |
Functions. Passing parameters. Returning values and exiting a function. Local variables and scope. Static variables. |
| Session 5 (Word Versn) |
Strings and arrays. Introduction to pointers. Other String Handling Functions |
| Session 6 (Word Versn) |
Commonly used functions - Random numbers, Mathematical
functions, Conversion. Casting. More on Printf & Scanf. Assignment using what learned so far will be handed out in form of "mock" exam |
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~~Easter Break~~ |
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~~Easter Break~~ |
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| Session 7 (Word Versn) |
Look at "mock" exam ("Bombs") including recap of techniques such as JSP, test scripts etc. |
| Session 8 (Word Versn) |
More of above |
| Session 9 (Word Versn) |
Structures and Data File Processing. Examples including complete Address Book application. |
| Session 10 (Word Versn) |
Course overview. Go over language, with a summary of each function and construct commonly used. Lots of small exercises to act as reminders. Extra exercises to try over holiday. |
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~~May Day Holiday~~ |
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| Session 11 (Word Versn) |
Go through sample exam again. Give tips on exam technique. Quick reminder of different C constructs. Overview of what else is available in C and C++ (i.e. where to go from here). |
Click here to download a copy of C++ Builder or C++ Lite to accompany this course
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