Head first C / David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 552) and index.

Getting started with C : diving in -- Memory and pointers : what are you pointing at? -- Strings : string theory -- Creating small tools : do one thing and do it well -- Using multiple source files : break it down, build it up -- C Lab 2 : Arduino -- Structs, unions, and bitfields : rolling your own structures -- Data structures and dynamic memory : building bridges -- Advanced functions : turn your functions up to 11 -- Static and dynamic libraries : hot-swappable code -- C Lab 2 : OpenCV -- Processes and system calls : breaking boundaries -- Interprocess communication : it's good to talk -- Sockets and networking : there's no place like 127.0.0.1 -- Threads : it's a parallel world -- C Lab 3 : Blasteroids -- Leftovers : the top ten things (we didn't cover) -- C topics : revision roundup.

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