Low Level Academy - Zero2Hero C Programming

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Course description:
This is the course ALL C programmers should take. In this course, we take you from zero experience to mastery of the C language. In this course, I teach you the fundamentals of C programming and we build an employee database command line utility, all in C.

Course curriculum:
Introduction
- What is this course about?
- Goal Setting and Motivation
- Tool & Environment Setup
- Project Introduction & Course Expectations
Why Learn C?
- What is C? (pros and cons)
- C vs Other Languages
- Is C Still Relevant in Today's World?
C Fundamentals
- Introduction to Variables
- Variable Scope Rules
- Introduction to the Preprocessor
- Compiling Hello World
Arrays & Strings
- Arrays
- Arrays Exercise
- Strings
- Strings Exercise
Control Flow Structures
- Conditional Statements
- Loops
- Functions
Structs & Unions
- Structures
- Unions
- Special Struct Modifiers
- Struct Exercise
Pointers & Memory Allocation
- Pointers
- Pointers Exercise
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Static Memory Allocation
- Pointers to Pointers
- Double Pointers Exercise
- Testing for Memory Leaks
Introduction to glibc
- What is glibc?
- How to read a manpage
- Checking for Errors with errno
File Input & Output
- Introduction to File Descriptors
- File Output
- File Input
- Reading File Metadata
Data Types
- Variable Types
- Type Casting
Advanced C Programming
- Multi Module Programming
- Build Systems
- Creating Libraries
Course Project
- Project Design
- Creating a Unix Command Line Utility with Getopt
- Handling Logic Based on Flag Input
- Crafting Database Headers
- Adding Employees to Our Database
- Listing Employees in the Database, and Beyond...