Advanced C Programming Course

Become a True Master of the C Programming Language - Confidently Apply for Real Time or Embedded C Jobs or contracts!

What you'll learn
Understand and be able to apply advanced concepts of the C programming language to create advanced C applications.
Understand Function and Double Pointers, Recursion, Bit Manipulation, Macros, Signals and loads more (check curriculam on this page for full list).
Learn all about threads and networking with Sockets.
Master the art of problem solving in programming using efficient, proven methods.
Be able to apply advanced C concepts to other programming languages.
How to write high quality C code, to make yourself more marketable for higher level programming positions and be apply for real-time/embedded programming positions.
Requirements
Basic knowledge of the C programming language (ideally having completed our Beginners course on Udemy).
A computer running Microsoft Windows, Linux or the Mac operating systems.
At least 4GB of ram on your computer.
Description
What you will learn in this course?The C programming language in 2020 is still one of the most popular and widely used languages. Having C programming skills gives you great career options, but learning the C language, particularly some of the trickier advanced stuff can be really difficult.This course is designed to take your basic C skills to the next level and help you obtain mastery of the language by helping you understand advanced concepts of the C programming language, enabling you to master the art of problem-solving in programming using efficient, proven methods.You’ll learn how to write high-quality C code and to make yourself more marketable for higher-level programming positions.Just some of the topics in this huge 28-hour course include Threads, Function Pointers, Double Pointers, Recursion, Networking using Sockets, Bit manipulation, Macros, Signals, Storage Classes and loads more.  Check the curriculum on this page for full details of what is included in this very comprehensive course.By the end of this course, with your new-found skills, you will be able to apply for real-time/embedded C programming positions or any job that requires mastery of the C programming language and be able to apply your new skills developing your own Advanced C programs.What's different about this course?Jason Fedin is your instructor in this course and this course takes the skills you learned in that course to the next level.This course focuses on the details and a thorough understanding of all advanced C programming concepts. This is not just a how-to course, it is a "why?" course. You will learn how to implement specific advanced C concepts such as multi-threading and double pointers, in addition to learning why they are the best approach and how they make you a high-quality C programmer. Many, many examples, challenges and quizzes are provided to test your understanding of every concept that you have learned. This course is unique to other courses here at Udemy in that the details and the why are explained. We do not just go through projects and provide a how-to.Who is the course aimed at?This is not a beginner's course.  It's assumed you have some knowledge of the C programming language, preferably having completed our Beginner course (here on Udemy) or similar training and/or commercial programming experience in C or a similar language.Getting startedIf you are ready to get started, click on the enroll or Add to Cart button on this page and start taking your C Language skills to the next level.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to Class!

Lecture 2 Class Organization

Lecture 3 The C99 Standard

Lecture 4 The C11 Standard

Section 2: Installing Required Software

Lecture 5 Overview

Lecture 6 Installing the C compiler (Windows)

Lecture 7 Installing the C compiler (Mac)

Lecture 8 Installing Code Blocks (Windows)

Lecture 9 Installing CodeLite (Windows)

Lecture 10 Installing CodeLite (Mac)

Lecture 11 Installing Visual Studio Code (Windows)

Lecture 12 Installing Visual Studio Code (Linux)

Lecture 13 Installing Visual Studio Code (Mac)

Section 3: Starting to Write Code

Lecture 14 Exploring the Code Blocks Environment

Lecture 15 Creating a Project in Code Blocks

Lecture 16 Exploring the Visual Studio Code Environment

Lecture 17 Creating a Workspace and configuring the compiler in Visual Studio Code

Section 4: Working with Larger Programs

Lecture 18 Overview

Lecture 19 Compiling multiple source files from the command line

Lecture 20 Makefiles

Lecture 21 Communication between files

Lecture 22 Using Header files effectively

Lecture 23 Heap and Stack Memory Allocation

Section 5: Storage Classes

Lecture 24 Automatic Variables

Lecture 25 External

Lecture 26 Static

Lecture 27 Register

Lecture 28 (Challenge)

Section 6: Advanced Data Types

Lecture 29 The #define statement (constants)

Lecture 30 Using typedef

Lecture 31 Variable Length Arrays

Lecture 32 (Challenge) Variable Length Arrays

Lecture 33 Flexible Array Members

Lecture 34 (Challenge) Flexible Array Members

Lecture 35 Complex number types

Lecture 36 (Challenge) Complex number types

Lecture 37 Designated Initializers

Lecture 38 (Demonstration) Challenge solutions

Section 7: Type Qualifiers

Lecture 39 const

Lecture 40 volatile

Lecture 41 restrict

Section 8: Bit Manipulation

Lecture 42 Binary numbers and bits

Lecture 43 (Challenge) Binary numbers and Bits

Lecture 44 (Demonstration) Binary numbers and Bits

Lecture 45 Bitwise Operators (Logical)

Lecture 46 Bitwise Operators (Shifting)

Lecture 47 (Challenge) Bitwise Operators

Lecture 48 (Demonstration) Bitwise Operators

Lecture 49 Bitmasks

Lecture 50 Using Bit Operators to pack data

Lecture 51 (Challenge) Setting and Reading bits

Lecture 52 (Demonstration) Setting and Reading bits

Lecture 53 Using Bit Fields to pack data

Lecture 54 (Challenge) Using Bit Fields to pack data

Lecture 55 (Demonstration) Using Bit Fields to pack data

Section 9: Advanced Control Flow

Lecture 56 The goto statement

Lecture 57 (Challenge) The goto statement

Lecture 58 The null statement

Lecture 59 The comma operator

Lecture 60 setjmp and longjmp functions

Lecture 61 (Challenge) setjmp and longjmp functions

Lecture 62 (Demonstration) Advanced Control Flow

Section 10: Input and Output

Lecture 63 char functions (input)

Lecture 64 char functions (output)

Lecture 65 (Challenge) char functions

Lecture 66 (Demonstration) char functions

Lecture 67 string functions

Lecture 68 (Challenge) string functions

Lecture 69 (Demonstration) string functions

Lecture 70 Formatting functions

Lecture 71 (Challenge) Formatting functions

Lecture 72 (Demonstration) Formatting functions

Section 11: Advanced Function Concepts

Lecture 73 Variadic Functions

Lecture 74 va_copy

Lecture 75 (Challenge) Variadic Functions

Lecture 76 (Demonstration) Variadic Functions

Lecture 77 Recursion

Lecture 78 (Challenge) Recursion

Lecture 79 (Demonstration) Recursion

Lecture 80 Inline Functions

Lecture 81 _Noreturn Functions

Section 12: Unions

Lecture 82 Overview

Lecture 83 Defining a Union

Lecture 84 Accessing Union Members

Lecture 85 (Challenge) Unions

Lecture 86 (Demonstration) Unions

Section 13: The Preprocessor

Lecture 87 Overview

Lecture 88 Conditional Compilation

Lecture 89 Include guards and #undef

Lecture 90 #pragma and #error

Section 14: Macros

Lecture 91 Overview

Lecture 92 Macros vs. Functions

Lecture 93 Creating your own Macros

Lecture 94 Preprocessor Operators

Lecture 95 Predefined Macros

Lecture 96 (Challenge) Macros

Lecture 97 (Demonstration) Macros

Section 15: Advanced Debugging, Analysis, and Compiler Options

Lecture 98 GCC Compiler Options (part 1)

Lecture 99 GCC Compiler Options (part 2)

Lecture 100 Debugging with the preprocessor

Lecture 101 Debugging with gdb (part 1)

Lecture 102 Debugging with gdb (part 2)

Lecture 103 core files

Lecture 104 Profiling

Lecture 105 Static Analysis

Lecture 106 (Challenge)

Lecture 107 (Demonstration)

Section 16: Advanced Pointers

Lecture 108 Double pointers (pointer to a pointer)

Lecture 109 Double pointers (pointer to a pointer) Part 2

Lecture 110 (Challenge) Double pointers

Lecture 111 (Demonstration) Double pointers

Lecture 112 Function pointers

Lecture 113 (Challenge) Function pointers

Lecture 114 (Demonstration) Function pointers

Lecture 115 void pointers

Section 17: Static Libraries and Shared Objects

Lecture 116 Overview

Lecture 117 Creating a Static Library (archive)

Lecture 118 (Challenge) Static Library

Lecture 119 (Demonstration) Static Library

Lecture 120 Creating a Dynamic Library (Shared object)

Lecture 121 (Challenge) Dynamic Library

Lecture 122 (Demonstration) Dynamic Library

Lecture 123 Dynamically loading a shared object

Lecture 124 (Challenge) Dynamic Loading

Lecture 125 (Demonstration) Dynamic Loading

Section 18: Useful C Libraries

Lecture 126 Assert

Lecture 127 General Utilities (stdlib.h)

Lecture 128 General Utilities (stdlib.h) part 2

Lecture 129 General Utilities (stdlib.h) part 3

Lecture 130 Date and Time functions

Lecture 131 (Challenge)

Lecture 132 (Demonstration)

Section 19: Data Structures

Lecture 133 Abstract Data Types

Lecture 134 Linked Lists (Overview)

Lecture 135 Linked LIsts (Implementation)

Lecture 136 (Challenge) Linked Lists

Lecture 137 (Demonstration) Linked Lists

Lecture 138 Stacks (Overview)

Lecture 139 Stacks (Implementation)

Lecture 140 Queues (Overview)

Lecture 141 Queues (Implementation)

Lecture 142 Binary Trees (Overview)

Lecture 143 Binary Trees (Implementation)

Section 20: Interprocess Communication and Signals

Lecture 144 Interprocess Communication

Lecture 145 Signals (Overview)

Lecture 146 Raising a Signal

Lecture 147 Handling a Signal using the signal function

Lecture 148 Handling a Signal using sigaction

Lecture 149 The fork() system call

Lecture 150 (Challenge)

Lecture 151 (Demonstration)

Section 21: Threads

Lecture 152 Overview

Lecture 153 Creating a thread

Lecture 154 Passing arguments and returning values

Lecture 155 Common Thread functions

Lecture 156 Thread Synchronization Concepts

Lecture 157 Mutexes

Lecture 158 Condition Variables

Lecture 159 (Challenge)

Lecture 160 (Demonstration)

Section 22: Networking (Sockets)

Lecture 161 Overview

Lecture 162 The Socket API

Lecture 163 Creating a Server Socket

Lecture 164 Creating a Client Socket

Lecture 165 (Challenge)

Lecture 166 (Demonstration)

Section 23: Conclusion

Lecture 167 Course Summary

Section 24: Extra Information - Source code, and other stuff

Lecture 168 Source Codes

Lecture 169 Bonus Lecture and Information

This course is not aimed for beginners. If you have never used C programming before, then I would suggest you purchase our C Programming For Beginners course first, complete it then come back to take this advanced course.,On the other hand, if you already have a basic or prior experience with C programming, then this course is for you!