Xcella Skills

C programming online course for computer science students. C is a powerful general-purpose programming language. It can be used to develop software like operating systems, databases, compilers, and so on.

Syllabus for a course on C programming includes the following topics:

1. Introduction to C Programming

   • Overview of C programming language
   • History and characteristics of C
   • C development environment and tools

2. Data Types and Operators

   • Basic data types in C
   • Arithmetic, relational, logical operators
   • Typecasting and precedence

3. Control Statements

   • Conditional statements (if-else, switch-case)
   • Looping statements (for, while, do-while)
   • Break and continue statements

4. Functions and Parameter Passing

   • Functions and function prototypes
   • Arguments and return values
   • Pass by value and reference

5. Arrays and Strings

   • Defining and initializing arrays
   • Multidimensional arrays
   • C strings and string manipulation

6. Pointers and Dynamic Memory

   • C pointers and their operations
   • Pointers and arrays
   • Dynamic memory allocation and deallocation

7. Structures and Unions

   • Defining and using structures
   • Nested structures and arrays of structures
   • Unions and bitfields

8. File Input/Output

   • C file input/output operations
   • Streams and stream manipulators
   • Standard I/O functions

9. Preprocessor Directives

   • Macro definition and substitution
   • Conditional compilation
   • File inclusion

10. Advanced C Programming Concepts

    • Memory allocation and management
    • Recursion and function pointers
    • Multi-file programming
    • Debugging techniques and tools