Reviewer: Munky
Website: http://www.usalug.org
The Book:
Practical C Programming
By Steve Oualline
451 pages
3rd Edition August 1997
ISBN: 1-56592-306-5
Book Link: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pcp3/
This book covers a great range of information on C programming. It can be read by programmers of any level of experience. I happen to know some C and am very comfortable with programming and found that the beginning few chapters really would have been helpful to me a few years back. The book starts with a detailed description of C and how it came to be, also an entire chapter is devoted to the novice programmer. It covers the simple topics of acquiring and installing a compiler. It also focuses on some key
programming concepts.
The next part of the book features a lengthy section on the style of C
programming. Once one understands the simple chapter, they move on to
actual C programming. The author begins speaking of declarations and
simple properties of C.
The rest of that part continues to build on the previous principles.
Everything in the book is cumulative and must be known in order to xontinue. The book continues to arrays, then loops, and then the actual
methods a programmer should take in developing programs.
The second part of the book is more advanced than the first. It contains
for, while and switch statements. As well as how to program C in a
structured manner. Finally the book concludes with advanced topics of
structures, pointers, file manipulation, and modular programming.
This book is an invaluable resource to the novice and advanced C programmer. I recommend it for all skill levels as both a learning aid and a reference guide. It deserves a nice place on my shelf next to the large group of O'Reilly books already there!
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