[Courses] new course: Absolute Beginning C Programming

[Carla Schroder]

Yay, I'm glad to see lots of interest! I think I'm pretty good at explaining 
things, and understanding abstract concepts is half the battle with any 
coding. See you in a week! Wizened gurus are welcome too; the more brains the 
better!

Carla


> >> 
> >> On Jan 28, 2012 3:21 PM, "Carla Schroder" <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> >>> Hey all,
> >>> 
> >>> I've been going back and refreshing my moldy old C coding skills, which
> >> 
> >> is
> >> 
> >>> a
> >>> golden opportunity to launch a Linuxchix course for coding and C
> >> 
> >> beginners.
> >> 
> >>> Why C, you may ask? Why not something new and shiny like Python or Ruby
> >> 
> >> or
> >> 
> >>> PHP
> >>> or some rock star codey thingy? I'll tell you why-- because C is a
> >>> fundamental
> >>> language and it gets into gnarly stuff the glossy newcomers shine over
> >> 
> >> and
> >> 
> >>> hide
> >>> away.  If you develop a decent grasp of C you will have useful
> >>> knowledge that
> >>> will serve you well for many different languages, and you won't fall
> >>> into dumb
> >>> attitudes like "It's ok to be inefficient and sloppy because everyone
> >>> has quad-
> >>> core computers anyway" or "I have no idea why it's doing this, but oh
> >> 
> >> well
> >> 
> >>> who
> >>> cares."
> >>> 
> >>> I'll use gcc, the GNU compiler collection. There are many compilers and
> >>> I don't want to teach many compilers, I want to give literal specific
> >>> examples
> >>> with gcc instead of forcing you to figure it out on your own. gcc is
> >>> fine and
> >>> when you get to know it fairly well then you can try out others, and
> >>> engage in
> >>> fun flamewars over which one is best.
> >>> 
> >>> Absolute Beginning C Programming starts Sunday Feb. 5. All you have to
> >>> do is
> >>> subscribe to the Courses list. See you there!
> >>> 
> >>> http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/courses
> >>> 
> >>> Carla
> >>> 
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> Carla Schroder, ace Linux guru and howto author
> >>> 541-932-4817 PT
> >>> carla at tuxcomputing.com
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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