C All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies

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There are almost as many programming languages these days as there are dialects at a Washington cocktail party. Among them all however C remains a favorite especially for beginners. C is fast powerful fully compiled and portable. If youve thought about learning programming its a great place to start. And if youre already experienced with C you probably know a well-organized reference guide makes a programmers life a lot easier. C All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a guide that grows with you. Its organized into seven convenient minibooks each devoted to a particular aspect of C. So whether youre a beginner just learning the lingo or a veteran who wants to find out how to write a Web service in C .NET by using the Managed Extension to C (and who actually knows what that means!) you can find the answers quickly and easily. If youre about to venture into C programming for the first time Minibook I begins at the beginning and covers all the basic stuff you need to know. Youll be ready to join the big kids when you reach the subsequent minibooks which cover Understanding objects and classes including UML and design patterns Fixing problems debugging your code and choosing a good debugger Advanced C programming Reading and writing files with coverage of stream programming C .NET which shows you how to program for Microsofts latest product create Web services build assemblies and more Visual Studio 6.0 and MFC featuring a discussion of writing software for Windows with Microsoft Foundation classes No matter how accomplished a C programmer you are or arent there will always be times when you need a reference guide. C All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies gets you started with C programming takes you as far as you want to go and makes it easy to find out more whenever you want.