C Programming On Windows For Beginners

Name: C Programming On Windows For Beginners
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Master C Programming On Windows Taught By A Professional Designed For Beginners

Created byDaniel McCarthy

Last updated 6/2025

English

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What you'll learn

How to know the C programming language very well
How to manually use the "gcc" C compiler
How to automate project building with "Makefiles"

Coding Exercises

This course includes our updated coding exercises so you can practice your skills as you learn.

Course content

5 sections • 46 lectures • 5h 11m total length

Introduction1:05
Learn the C programming language through variables, structures, unions, functions, and pointers, and build a book library project to practice adding and removing books.

Variables1:05
Learn all about variables and how to use them
Functions Explained12:05
Primitive Types11:15
Arrays10:03
Multi-Dimensional Arrays2:24
Receiving input from the keyboard10:32
Pointers And Memory Addresses15:01
Function Pointers6:33
Structures And Structure Pointers5:19
Preprocessor4:59
Headers And Object Files12:55
Explain header files and object files, exporting prototypes and structures to share functionality, use include guards to prevent multiple definitions, and illustrate compiling and linking to resolve functions across files.
If Statements8:05
Operators4:15
Loops11:10
Legacy C3:15
Explore legacy C practices, including top-of-scope variable declarations, how new scopes affect for loops and if statements, and use of C11 to access modern features.
Nesting Statements2:18
Global Variables And Positioning3:10
Extern Keyword2:33
Learn how external variables work by declaring a global variable as external, producing an undefined reference until you define it in another file's object file. Link to resolve the symbol.
Null Terminators And The Ascii Table2:18
Character Arrays Vs Character Pointers1:54
Typedef Explained5:27
Booleans Explained1:42
Unions3:05
Discover how unions in C on Windows let multiple variables share the same memory region. See how writing to one member overwrites others, with hex demonstrations.
Hex And Binary6:02
Code Commenting4:28
Automated Building With Makefiles9:04
Casting9:11
Explore casting in C on Windows, converting floats to ints, casting between primitives, casting pointers and structures, and understanding endianness and network byte order.
Creating Libraries7:05
Goto Keyword2:29
Memory Allocation And Stack Vs Heap6:26
Memory Functions13:02
Reading And Writing Files9:53
Const Explained2:11
Static Functions Explained1:53
Bitwise Operators And Bit Shifting15:51
Argc And Argv3:02
Seeking In Files4:45
Learn how to seek in files using fseek and ftell in C on Windows, repositioning the read/write pointer, and reading from a specific offset.
Switches8:08
Enumerations6:26
This lecture discusses enumerations in the C programming language
Simple Book Program - Part 119:16
Learn to create a binary book program in C on Windows that can add and read books, using Hex Editor Neo to inspect the binary file.
Simple Book Program - Part 212:31
Simple Book Program - Part 310:25

Requirements

Be able to follow the course all the way through, every lecture pushes you a little more further

Description

It's time to finally master the C programming language. Dan, your tutor, has been developing in the C programming language for over ten years and has a lot of experience to give. In this course you will learn C programming on Windows. What makes this course different from the others is that you will actually use the compiler. An IDE will just not do it for us. We will be using the compiler ourselves this will give you the experience you need to manually use the GCC compiler. Be A Pro.

This course will teach you everything about the C programming language, you will be taken through the basics all the way to more complicated concepts such as functions, pointers and library development. Best of all this course is made to be beginner friendly.

We end this course by creating a book program that allows a user to create books, save them to disk and then read them again.

Once you have finished this course you will be experienced in the C programming language and will have no trouble moving forward with your own personal projects. This course is great for students who need that extra push

This course is beginner friendly regardless of your current skill level

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Who this course is for:

C Programmers Who Want To Master The Language

C Programming On Windows For Beginners

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Getting Started2 lectures • 12min

Learning42 lectures • 4hr 54min

Practice0

Bonus1 lecture • 4min

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