Advanced C Programming

Course Code - PK-105 Duration - 4 Days

C is a small, powerful, general-purpose, high-level programming language that has been the industry standard for the development of efficient and portable software for many years. C is used to write both application and operating system software.

This course presents some of the more advanced features of C and discusses how to use them to develop sophisticated programming techniques.

The course begins with a rapid review of the fundamental features of C before going on to explore some of the more advanced features of C. The skills associated with the application of these features are developed through a range of extensive hands-on exercises. Good programming practice is promoted with an emphasis on the production of reliable C applications.

Objectives

Understand and apply some of the more advanced features of C

Who Should Attend?

The course is aimed at programmers who already have a working understanding of the fundamental features of C and wish to develop their C programming skills.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with the fundamental features of C and be actively involved in programming. A suitable level of C experience would be 'C Programming' ('PK-107'') or equivalent, plus some practical software development in C.

Follow On Courses

A natural progression from C could be to C++. Java is another possibility in that it shares much of the C syntax.

Course Content

A Review of C Fundamentals

• A review of the basic features of C

Structured data types

• Review arrays and structs
• Discuss unions
• Implement tables using arrays of structs
• Implement indexed tables

Bit Manipulation

• Bit operators
• Bit flags and bit masks
• Using bit fields

Pointers & Memory Management

• Review of pointers
• Pointers, arrays and strings
• Dynamic memory allocation
• Pointers to pointers
• Working with command line arguments
• Pointers to functions

The C Pre-Processor

• A review of the pre-processor
• Macros
• Conditional compilation
• Using header and implementation files

Abstract Data Types

• Introduction to abstract data types
• Implementing Stacks and Queues

Programming Techniques

• Investigate how C supports
• programming techniques
• Data driven applications and finite state machines
• Using pointers to functions
• Recursion

File Handling

• Review of file handling basics
• Structured file handling

Dynamic Data Structures

• Linked lists
• Trees

Concurrent Programming

• Introduction to concurrent programming
• Processes and threads
• Synchronization

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