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The final course in the specialization Introduction to Programming in C will teach you powerful new programming techniques for interacting with the user and the system and dynamically allocating memory. You will learn more sophisticated uses for pointers, such as strings and multidimensional arrays, as well as how to write programs that read and write files and take input from the user. Learning about dynamic memory allocation will allow your programs to perform complex tasks that will be applied in the final part of the specialization project: a Monte Carlo simulation for calculating poker hand probabilities.

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Introductory C Programming Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 23 hours to complete

English

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Week1

Week 1

7 hours to complete

Module 1: Interacting with the user and system

So far, our programs have had a rather limited interaction with the user or rest of the system, printing some results to standard output (typically to the terminal). Now that we have learned about topics such as strings and arrays, we are ready to learn how to write a program that takes input from the user, takes arguments on the command line, accesses files, and does many other things we typically think of real programs as doing.

7 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 16 min), 14 readings, 9 quizzes

5 videos

Why We Need Interactivity and to Manage Memory1mReading a File with fgetc4mReading a File with fgets5mWriting to a File2mClosing a File2m

14 readings

The Practice Programming Environment10mIntroduction to the Operating System10mErrors from System Calls10mCommand Line Arguments10mComplex Option Processing10mThe Environment Pointer10mProcess Creation10mOpening a File10mReading a File10mReading a File with fgets10mReading a File with fread10mWriting to Files10mClosing Files10mOther Interactions10m

5 practice exercises

The Operating System30mCommand Line Arguments and Process Creation30mOpening Files and fgetc30mReading encryption.c30mWriting and Closing Files30m

Week2

Week 2

8 hours to complete

Module 2: Dynamic allocation

8 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 24 min), 18 readings, 9 quizzes

7 videos

Simple Call to malloc2mMechanics of free2mCode with a Memory Leak2mThree Common Problems When Using free1mCall to realloc4mReading a File with getline5mCombining getline and realloc4m

18 readings

Motivation for Dynamic Allocation10mmalloc10mFixing initArray10mMore Complex Structures10mShallow vs. Deep Copying10mfree10mMemory Leaks10mA Dynamic Memory Allocation Analogy10mCommon Problems with free10mrealloc10mgetline10mValgrind's Memcheck10mUninitialized Values10mInvalid Reads and Writes10mValgrind with GDB10mDynamic Allocation Issues10mmemcheck.h3mOther Valgrind Tools3m

5 practice exercises

malloc30mfree30mrealloc30mgetline30mValgrind's Memcheck20m

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Module 3: Programming in the Large

So far, we have focused exclusively on programming in the small—designing the algorithm for a small-sized task, implementing it, testing it, and debugging it. This module discusses three main differences that "real" programs exhibit. 1) They tend to be much larger than those we have written. 2) More than one person works on them, sometimes teams of hundreds to thousands. 3) Real software has a long life-span during which it must be maintained. Now that you have an understanding of the basics of programming in the small, we are ready to begin learning about programming in the large!

5 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 6 min), 20 readings, 5 quizzes

2 videos

Introduction38sRoster Planning5m

20 readings

Analogy to Writing10mAbstraction3mThe Seven-Item Limit10mHierarchical Abstraction10mReadability2mFunction Size2mNaming4mFormatting10mCommenting and Documentation10mTeam Considerations5mGit2mPast Versions5mCollaboration3mMultiple Versions of the Present5mRead More2mProblem Description5mPlanning the High-Level Algorithm7mWriting and Testing readInput10mFinishing the Program10mEven Larger Programs5m

2 practice exercises

Abstraction30mReadability30m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Module 4: Poker Project

In this module, you will complete the Poker Project! Now that you know about dynamic memory allocation, user input, and how to program in the large, you can write the final parts of the program. You will write code to read in a file with a hand of cards and code to choose unknown cards from a shuffled deck. As you program with more sophisticated data structures, the importance of drawing good pictures will increase. Happy programming!

4 hours to complete

1 video (Total 4 min)

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTERACTING WITH THE SYSTEM AND MANAGING MEMORY

by NPMar 13, 2021

Valuable course, recommend for a beginner who wants to learn coding in c if this course has more materials and more detailed explanation it should be 5 stars.

by SPJul 26, 2020

Great Course with Great Instructors. totally loved it

by AMJul 25, 2020

You just need to work on the PPE because it gave me very hard time! but really guys this is a great course

by OAAug 2, 2019

i really loved the style of that course. the challenging assignments, depending more on reading and the continuous support through the discussion forums. i hope you make another extension to c++

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About the Introductory C Programming Specialization

This specialization develops strong programming fundamentals for learners who want to solve complex problems by writing computer programs. Through four courses, you will learn to develop algorithms in a systematic way and read and write the C code to implement them. This will prepare you to pursue a career in software development or other computational fields.

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Interacting with the System and Managing Memory

About this Course

Instructors

Andrew D. Hilton

Anne Bracy

Genevieve M. Lipp

Offered by

Duke University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Module 1: Interacting with the user and system

Module 2: Dynamic allocation

Module 3: Programming in the Large

Module 4: Poker Project

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Instructors

Andrew D. Hilton

Anne Bracy

Genevieve M. Lipp

Offered by

Duke University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Module 1: Interacting with the user and system

Module 2: Dynamic allocation

Module 3: Programming in the Large

Module 4: Poker Project

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