Exploring C
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Exploring C
This course is part of C Programming for Everybody Specialization
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Learn the basics of C syntax Identify the similarities and differences between C and Python Understand the impact of C on modern programming
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There are 5 modules in this course
The C programming language is heavily influential in the world of coding and helps run some of the most powerful computer programs in the world. In Exploring C, examine the historical context and impact of C on the development of programming over the past 50 years. In this course, you’ll compare and contrast C with the programming language Python, review how to code in C and gain an understanding of the nuances of computer programming.
What's included
4 videos4 readings1 assignment
4 videos•Total 39 minutes
- Welcome to C Programming for Everybody•3 minutes
- A History of C, UNIX, and Computation before and after 1978•25 minutes
- Brian Kernighan - Building C at Bell Labs•8 minutes
- Bonus: Valencia Spain Office Hours•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 90 minutes
- Help Us Learn More About You!•10 minutes
- Syllabus•10 minutes
- Course Pre-Requsites•10 minutes
- Additional Resources for Week 1•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- History / Introduction•30 minutes
What's included
1 video2 readings6 app items
1 video•Total 26 minutes
- Part 1: From Python to C - The Rosetta Stone Lecture•26 minutes
2 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Textbook Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction•10 minutes
- Additional Resources for Week 2•60 minutes
6 app items•Total 60 minutes
- Autograder: Write Hello World•5 minutes
- Exercise RS-1: Produce output•10 minutes
- Exercise RS-2: Read Input•10 minutes
- Exercise RS-3: Input / Output•10 minutes
- Exercise RS-4: Reading Lines of Input•15 minutes
- Exercise RS-5: Reading Lines of Input with fgets()•10 minutes
What's included
1 video1 reading4 app items
1 video•Total 16 minutes
- Part 2: From Python to C - The Rosetta Stone Lecture•16 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Textbook Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 85 minutes
- Exercise RS-6: Write a simple for loop•20 minutes
- Exercise RS-7: Compute Minimum and Maximum•20 minutes
- Exercise RS-8: Write a Guessing Game•25 minutes
- Exercise RS-9: Write a Function•20 minutes
What's included
1 video1 reading1 assignment5 app items
1 video•Total 5 minutes
- Historical Context For Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction•5 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Textbook Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Tutorial Introduction•30 minutes
5 app items•Total 65 minutes
- Exercise 1-1: Write Hello World•5 minutes
- Exercise 1-3: Fahrenheit / Celsius with Header•20 minutes
- Exercise 1-4: Celsius / Fahrenheit Table•15 minutes
- Exercise 1-5: Reverse Table•15 minutes
- Autograder: LBS290-04 Fix Syntax Errors•10 minutes
What's included
1 video3 readings4 app items
1 video•Total 9 minutes
- Historical Context For Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction Part 2•9 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Textbook Chapter 1: A Tutorial Introduction•10 minutes
- Additional Resources for Week 5•10 minutes
- Post-Course Survey•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 100 minutes
- Exercise 1-6: Count spaces and newlines•30 minutes
- Exercise 1-7: Multiple spaces to one•20 minutes
- Exercise 1-10: Print words•30 minutes
- Exercise 1-17: Reverse a String•20 minutes
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Aside from a bad assignment in Module 2, this course was excellent!
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