Teach Yourself C in 21 Days

by Bradley L. Jones, Ed Jones, Peter G. Aitken

Book Overview

This tutorial introduces the reader to C using a variety of teaching elements. It provides coverage on the advantages, disadvantages, and different behaviours of the most popular C compilers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672304481
• ISBN13: 9780672304484
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great book for all

This book gives you the very best learners guide and reference book I've ever seen.

An Excellent Tutorial!!!

This is the first C programming book I read. I still recall the excitement I felt when I run the first code example in the book and saw "Hello World" displayed on the screen.1) The authors present the key concepts in C language, such as pointers and arrays, in a concise and easy-to-understand manner.2) The many code examples (with analysis) in the book enable the readers to better understand the language features. More importantly, they can get a feel on when and how to use these features.3) The programs are fun to run, and the pace of the book is easy to follow. I finished the book (including most of the exercises) in 21 days.I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to learn C.

An easy to follow, comprensive tool for learning C.

An excellent example of Sam's Teach Yourself series, TYC in 21 Days is perfect for those who want to get into the field of computer programming. This book offers a chance to learn the basics of C (which is an extremely useful language in and of itself, as well as a gateway to learning other popular languages such as C++ and Java) in an easy-to-understand format. Everything you learn here will prove invaluable in a career of programming. If I had to recommend a first book to buy for the aspiring coder, this one would be it.

Great book, not for beginners

This is a great tutorial, but I wouldn't recommend it for the beginner programmer, as with most TY books (at least with my experience with them). For the absolute beginner, check out "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to C" by Greg Perry. He is known for being able to put complicated things in simplified terms. Other than that, it's a great book. I wish the authors would've simplified more, as it gets rather compicated, but eventually I am able to understand what they are trying to explain.

Fantastic, simplistic way of teaching.

This book has captured the perfect method to teach someone the C programming language. Many beginner books are very fluffy, others much to advanced. This book explains everything you need to know in a very simple, and extremely thorough manner. An excellect purchase.