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c_programming book for beginners in easy to understand language

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Programming books
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Any standard C book will do for our purpose. In fact, I think our study materials are more than sufficient. "Programming with C" by Venugopal and Prasad is also a good book and used as reference in many colleges including DOEACC "A' Level course.
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I am referring 'Programming with C' by KR Venugopal & Sudeep Prasad; is the book sufficient?? :att2:
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Great share..keep sharing :)
Can somebody share Compilers Construction video tutorials ?? :)
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QUOTE (nareshkanduru @ August 22, 2007 04:11 pm)
@jassirakhra, the link refers to restricted section of this forum only for regulars.

become an active member with your meaningful contribution to this forum by asking and clearing queries, providing good materials, assignment answers or any other relevant information, you will be promoted to active member

Even i have applied for MCA(IGNOU) in the year 2008,till now i didn't attempt any exams.I am about to write exams for CIC and 1st sem at a time in this December.
I was very happy to see this site but i am not able to open any links regarding materials or sites,solutions etc except the content visible directly in the forum.Also,i can't find where to start new forum.Can anyone guide what to do for this.As i am new to IGNOU,I may not able to give solutions much better or even suggetions for assignments,projects but i will try my level best to get information which i can get.Please help me out to get solutions and downloads
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Pointers are concepts that many find difficult to understand. But pointers are an important topic, particularly in the area of Data Structures. Hope this will help in clarifying the concept.

Here is a great tutorial on pointers in C

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Hi  friends,

you can download some of the reference books pertaining to 1st and 2nd sem from:

http://plunder.com/luv2hlpu/

The list will be updated and more books will be added later.

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Infosys Training Materials - Programming Fundamentals

Also check here for an apparently updated/bigger/different version.
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thanks for the great help
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Eddie's Basic Guide to C Programming

This is a nice site having very easy to understand C tutorial for beginners.

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Learning to Program : Solutions of "Let us C"

This pdf file contains a number of solutions of C programs including those problems from Kanetkar's Let Us C.

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HI guys,

I'm uploading a book on C called "C FOR DUMMIES"..This book is for a absolute beginner.It mentions each and every part of C in a very simple manner..

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QUOTE (sehbaz @ August 18, 2008 02:52 pm)
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THANKS GUYS I AM LOOKING FOR THE STUDY MATERIAL ON NET AND GOT THIS FORUM. THANKS TO SANTANU FOR SUCH A GREAT JOB. NOW I WILL TRY TO GIVE ME BEST TO THIS SITE TO KEEP IT RUNNING AND UPDATED IN ALL RESPECT. VERY SOON I WILL COME BACK :thumbsup3d:
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QUOTE (vamsi krishna m @ June 21, 2008 02:13 pm)
Practical C Programming(3rd Edition)

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Practical C Programming(3rd Edition)

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C Primer Plus (5th Edition)

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C - The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt



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Hi Everyone,

:thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

for creating this wonderful site... this is the first year of my MCA...

I am from non math, non computer background...

need to clear CS-60 and CIC paper yet.. but after finding your site now i am confident that I can clear them bith in first attempt


Thanks guys for maintaing this great site and helping eachother so actively...


GOOD work I hope I will also contribute to this as much I can...........


thanks again
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Hey Frds

I am uploading Ebook of Let Us C - Yashwant Kanetkar for you. Download from here.

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All The Best :)
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Great ! Welcome aboard. :thumbsup: Please read the forum rules to start with and make your posts in the proper threads and forum (pls. don't post all kinds of books in this thread :D - there are separate threads subject-wise and one in the general forum for books on general IT topics). We are happy to have u here.
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HEY EVERYONE,
THIS IS NAVEEN.... U CAN CALL ME SANJU...... NEW ON THIS FORUM...WELL....FIRST OF ALL..... THANX FOR PROVIDING SUCH A GREAT PLATFORM TO INTERECT WITH OTHER IGNOU MCA STUDENTS...... U GUYZ R DOING A GREAT JOB.... KEEP IT UP......AFTER SEEING THE HARDWORK OF U GUYS IN MAINTING THIS SITE...... I HAVE DECIDED TO HELP YA GUYZ TO THE FULLEST IN KEEPING THIS SPIRIT AND SITE ALIVE.....WELL......I AM GOIJN TO PROVIDE YA GUYZ SOME OF THE LINKS TO THE SOFTWARES AS WELL AS EBOOKS WHICH EVERY COMPUTER FREAK LIKE ME SHUD HAVE.....U GUYZ CAN REQUEST ME FOR ANY SOFTWARE AS WELL AS EBOOKS... I WUD TRY MY BEST TO PROVIDE U WITH THAT.......KEEP WATCHING THIS POST ....I AM GOIN TO POST SOME OF THE LINKS TO THE VARIOUS IT BOOKS.....ANY QUESTION REGARDING DOWNLOADING ETC. ARE WELCOME....


HERE I GO......


THIS IS A LINK TO A GREAT ONLINE IT EBOOKS... U CAN FIND LOTZA STUFF THERE..... CHECK IT OUT...



http://online-books-reference.blogspot.com/

C in a Nutshell
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Learning a language--any language--involves a process wherein you learn to rely less and less on instruction and more increasingly on the aspects of the language you've mastered. Whether you're learning French, Java, or C, at some point you'll set aside the tutorial and attempt to converse on your own. It's not necessary to know every subtle facet of French in order to speak it well, especially if there's a good dictionary available. Likewise, C programmers don't need to memorize every detail of C in order to write good programs. What they need instead is a reliable, comprehensive reference that they can keep nearby. C in a Nutshell is that reference.

This long-awaited book is a complete reference to the C programming language and C runtime library. Its purpose is to serve as a convenient, reliable companion in your day-to-day work as a C programmer. C in a Nutshell covers virtually everything you need to program in C, describing all the elements of the language and illustrating their use with numerous examples.

The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is a fast-paced description, reminiscent of the classic Kernighan & Ritchie text on which many C programmers cut their teeth. It focuses specifically on the C language and preprocessor directives, including extensions introduced to the ANSI standard in 1999. These topics and others are covered:

* Numeric constants
* Implicit and explicit type conversions
* Expressions and operators
* Functions
* Fixed-length and variable-length arrays
* Pointers
* Dynamic memory management
* Input and output

The second part of the book is a comprehensive reference to the C runtime library; it includes an overview of the contents of the standard headers and a description of each standard library function. Part III provides the necessary knowledge of the C programmer's basic tools: the compiler, the make utility, and the debugger. The tools described here are those in the GNU software collection.

C in a Nutshell is the perfect companion to K&R, and destined to be the most reached-for reference on your desk.

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http://www.flazx.info/NEtKZ4Hf/0596006977.zip.htm



PLEASE REPLY ME IF LIKE THE AOVE 2 LINKS ... MORE TO COME SOON.... GOIN TO POST LOTZA STUFF IN COUPLE OF DAYS... TILL THEN HAVE FUN ... TAK E CARE EVERYONE
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hey great work man thanxxxxx
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@jassirakhra, the link refers to restricted section of this forum only for regulars.

become an active member with your meaningful contribution to this forum by asking and clearing queries, providing good materials, assignment answers or any other relevant information, you will be promoted to active member
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QUOTE (santanu @ 21 Apr 2007, 12:44 PM)
Great Video Tutorial for learning C. Its the most comprehensive video tutorial on C, covering all aspects of the language. The source files for the example programs also included. The following topics are covered -

Introduction
Introduction
Introduction to C
Versions of C
The C Programming Process
Using this CD

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Download it from here -

http://www.santanu.in/forums/index.php?sho...findpost&p=3736

Exclusively for ACTIVE Members

I M 4M A NON-COMPUTERS BACKGROUND. PLZ ENABLE SO THAT I CAN VIEW THESE TUTORIALS.
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QUOTE (santanu @ 26 May 2007, 06:37 PM)
That would be great Manish. Posting resources are great but one can contribute in a better way by participating in discussions on our subjects, answering question and even by asking questions. That would make this forum more dynamic and not simply a vast repository of resources. As we can see, ppl. get very little time to read anything other than the course materials so too much resources simple distract one from the main purpose of studying the course materials.

Regarding resources, you have to stick to smaller files. We don't have space to host large tutorials or videos etc. I have over 250 GB of such resources..unfortunately can't post all of it.

PPTs (especially PPTs used by faculties in various study centres - we already have some), pdfs and links to online courses are ok. We can even post moderate sized books and software too. Torrents and links to downloadable books can be attached too. What we are looking for are rare resources that are hard to get and all those essential resources and books which are referred by IGNOU. For example, IEEE documents on software engineering, reference books etc.

Very small sized files can be posted right here after zipping them. Larger files can be posted in our filexoom repository and linked here. I'd send you the username / password of our filexoom repository after the exams where you can post larger sized file.

To summarize, the main purpose of the forum is to interact with other students and not downloading resources. A static website would have sufficed for downloading resources. But in a dynamic forum, interaction and discussions are most important. Resources which are relevant to our study are useful though.

thanks Shantanu, I understood the idea of yours. I have got very good marks in assignments and even vivas were excellent here. I am now concentrate on exam for next 15 days. I said all these because majority of my success is by this site material only. I have to say thank you and to all the other member who made this site so rich in knowledge base. Best of Luck to all 1,3 and 5 sem students who appear for the exams.
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That would be great Manish. Posting resources are great but one can contribute in a better way by participating in discussions on our subjects, answering question and even by asking questions. That would make this forum more dynamic and not simply a vast repository of resources. As we can see, ppl. get very little time to read anything other than the course materials so too much resources simple distract one from the main purpose of studying the course materials.

Regarding resources, you have to stick to smaller files. We don't have space to host large tutorials or videos etc. I have over 250 GB of such resources..unfortunately can't post all of it.

PPTs (especially PPTs used by faculties in various study centres - we already have some), pdfs and links to online courses are ok. We can even post moderate sized books and software too. Torrents and links to downloadable books can be attached too. What we are looking for are rare resources that are hard to get and all those essential resources and books which are referred by IGNOU. For example, IEEE documents on software engineering, reference books etc.

Very small sized files can be posted right here after zipping them. Larger files can be posted in our filexoom repository and linked here. I'd send you the username / password of our filexoom repository after the exams where you can post larger sized file.

To summarize, the main purpose of the forum is to interact with other students and not downloading resources. A static website would have sufficed for downloading resources. But in a dynamic forum, interaction and discussions are most important. Resources which are relevant to our study are useful though.
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QUOTE (santanu @ 14 May 2007, 08:02 PM)
Well, even before making this Member and Active Member differentiations, it was seen that only 1% or 2% members were contributing or participating actively and the rest were downloaders.

The new category of Active Members was created as a carrot and stick policy. In any case, carrot and stick policy won't work too much for people who are not genuinely interested. I can't think of any carrot or stick policy other than restricting resources. I've already demoted some members from Active to general. So the stick is there too.

Basically, this forum would have run as good with basically 20 - 30 persons.

I have not yet fully moved the valuable resources to the active member exclusive area. Will do that after the exam. Of course there has to be a balance between what resource to keep in general area and what to move to the exclusive area. Too much available outside and people will never try to become active members and too little and new members will lose interest. I think this forum offers far more resources than any other forum or website, whether free or otherwise.

But I feel that what we want are genuinely interested people and not merely more members just to show that this forum has lots of members. We can get on with quality and not quantity.

Towards that goal I am thinking of cancelling the membership of members who have not made a single post for a considerable period (we can debate about the duration of such period). Other than the reduction in the number of members, I don't think that will do us any harm. Or if it looks bad, we can ban them indefinitely.

OK got your idea
i am finishing first sem and have 2.0 Giga data which has video tutorials, ppts, pdfs, online courses etc. now you please tell me how to upload that for other members. I will become free after Jun 15 last paper.

Anyway you made a best possible effort for providing support for student like me and thankyou very much for that.

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Well, even before making this Member and Active Member differentiations, it was seen that only 1% or 2% members were contributing or participating actively and the rest were downloaders.

The new category of Active Members was created as a carrot and stick policy. In any case, carrot and stick policy won't work too much for people who are not genuinely interested. I can't think of any carrot or stick policy other than restricting resources. I've already demoted some members from Active to general. So the stick is there too.

Basically, this forum would have run as good with basically 20 - 30 persons.

I have not yet fully moved the valuable resources to the active member exclusive area. Will do that after the exam. Of course there has to be a balance between what resource to keep in general area and what to move to the exclusive area. Too much available outside and people will never try to become active members and too little and new members will lose interest. I think this forum offers far more resources than any other forum or website, whether free or otherwise.

But I feel that what we want are genuinely interested people and not merely more members just to show that this forum has lots of members. We can get on with quality and not quantity.

Towards that goal I am thinking of cancelling the membership of members who have not made a single post for a considerable period (we can debate about the duration of such period). Other than the reduction in the number of members, I don't think that will do us any harm. Or if it looks bad, we can ban them indefinitely.
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This is a perplexing question for me, whether to distinguish members as Members and Active Members, restricting some valuable resources.

In search of other forums for IGNOU courses I found out one more forum, which has both BCA and MCA information, but with limited information.

www.ignousolutions.com is one such example, where without patrons, entered a dying state. Seeing the number of posts only administrator and some two or three members contributed, otherwise others are just visitors :blink:

I therefore feel there should be some CARROT & STICK policies implemented, otherwise we have seen an example above.

One hiccup here is, if members don't find anything useful, there might be a chance that they never turn up again here.

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