Syllabus and Handouts
Course web site at Moodle TAU
The course consists of two parts. The first part focuses on learning the C programming language; the second part will be devoted for describing the project and advanced topics in C and UNIX.
There will be 3 exercises and a project. Submission of all is mandatory.
The grade will be determined as follows: exercises (5% ex1; 5% ex2; 10% ex3), project (50%) and final exam (30%).
The main textbook used in the course: ‘A Book on C’, 4th Edition by Kelley and Pohl. Example programs from the book
Following is a tentative outline of the course, which will be updated according to what is actually studied in class:
| Week | Date | Lecture & Handouts | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Oct | Introduction to C (Chapter 1) | |
| 2 | 22 Oct | The working environment & Ex. 1 | Basic UNIX commands; Programming Environment |
| 3 | 29 Oct | Lexical elements and fundamental data types (Chapters 2-3); Flow of control (Chapter 4) | Floating point representation |
| 4 | 5 Nov | Functions (Chapter 5); Runtime environment | |
| 5 | 12 Nov | Input & Output; Bitwise operators (Chapter 7); Make (Chapter 11) & Ex2 | |
| 6 | 19 Nov | Arrays and pointers (Chapter 6) | |
| 7 | 26 Nov | More on pointers | Dynamic matrix allocation (Chapter 12.6) |
| 8 | 3 Dec | Compilers | |
| 9 | 10 Dec | Structures and Linked lists (Chapters 9-10) | |
| 10 | 17 Dec | Preprocessor (Chapter 8); Ex. 3 | The preprocessor |
| 11 | 24 Dec | Secure programming | |
| 12 | 31 Dec | Project description | SDL; SDL 1.2 documentation |
| 13 | 7 Jan | Files (Chapter 11, till 11.9) | |
| 14 | 14 Jan | Rehearsal |