C Programming Course 📘💻

Welcome to the C Programming Course! 🚀 This repository is designed to help beginners learn the fundamentals of C programming through structured lessons, examples, and exercises.

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Table of Contents 📚

• Introduction
• Why Learn C?
• Course Outline
• Installation
• Running C Programs
• Learning Resources
• Contributing
• License
• Author

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Introduction 🎯

C is a powerful general-purpose programming language that is widely used for system programming, embedded systems, and software development. This course will guide you through the basics to advanced topics with practical examples.

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Why Learn C? 🤔

✅ Foundation for Other Languages – Many modern languages like C++, Java, and Python are influenced by C.
✅ High Performance – C provides low-level memory manipulation, making it ideal for system programming.
✅ Portability – C programs can run on different platforms with minimal changes.
✅ Used in Industry – Many operating systems, databases, and game engines are written in C.

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Course Outline 📖

The course is divided into multiple sections, each covering essential topics:

🟢 Beginner Level

• Introduction to C
• Setting Up the Development Environment
• Variables and Data Types
• Operators and Expressions
• Input/Output Functions (printf, scanf)
• Control Statements (if, switch-case)
• Loops (for, while, do-while)

🟡 Intermediate Level

• Functions and Recursion
• Arrays and Strings
• Pointers and Memory Management
• Structures and Unions
• File Handling

🔴 Advanced Level

• Dynamic Memory Allocation (malloc, calloc, free)
• Preprocessor Directives (#define, #include, #ifdef)
• Multi-file Programs
• Data Structures (Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues)
• System Programming Basics

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Installation 🔧

To write and run C programs, you need a C compiler like GCC.

Install GCC (Linux & macOS)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc

Install GCC (Windows)

• Download and install MinGW from mingw-w64.org
• Add MinGW to system PATH

Running C Programs ▶️

After writing a C program, compile and execute it using the following commands:

gcc program.c -o program
./program

Example:

gcc hello.c -o hello
./hello

Learning Resources 📖

Here are some great resources to learn C:

• 📘 The C Programming Language
• 🌐 GeeksforGeeks
• 📺 YouTube Tutorials

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Follow these steps to contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m "Added new topic").
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Create a Pull Request.

License 📜

This course is open-source and distributed under the MIT License.

Author 👤

Abhishek Kumar Singh

• GitHub