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6.087 Practical Programming in C
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6.087 Practical Programming in C

MIT OCW

2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2014–2020 · score 1.6

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An MIT OCW short course (IAP 2010) teaching practical C programming, aimed at getting learners productive with the language and its common pitfalls. Commenters point to it as a structured, university-quality option for learning C.

Commenters recommend it as top-quality university material for someone starting C with no prior experience, and prefer it over unstructured YouTube tutorials.

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  1. Recommendsdmazzonir/learnprogramming2020in “Which resource would you recommend to learn C to a person with no prior programming experience?”▲ 2

    The best quality materials you'll find will be from top universities who put their course materials online, for example this C programming course from MIT: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-087-practical-programming-in-c-january-iap-2010/ I strongly suggest…

  2. RecommendsMilamDr/learnprogramming2014in “Possible C++ online tutorial for amateur/hobbyist?”▲ 1

    What exactly do you want to do in your spare time though? It would be a lot easier to give recommendations if we knew what kind of project you were going for. If it's games from scratch, we could point you to a simple library like Allegro that could get you started, or if it's some form based tool…

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