I've always been interested in programming, but didn't know squat about it, not to mention every thing just looked like a giant wall of text to me. I just started reading this book, and it's giving a very good break down of what is really being looked at, especially at the end of each chapter where there's lines of code given, followed by an explanation of what it's doing. The book is written in a very easy-to-read fashion, and gives plenty of examples, tips, analogies, and warnings of things to look out for. Most books/tutorials I've come across teach in a way that expects you to know certain things, making it very confusing to me, but this book starts with assuming the reader has no experience with anything to do with programming, and takes a slow and comfortable approach to teaching C. Things are finally starting to sink in, and I'm starting to understand what other sources were trying to say.
If you're interested in programming, but have a hard time understanding it, I highly recommend this book. I'm definitely going to be purchasing a couple more books from this author very soon.
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I read the first 6 chapters of this book, and I was impressed by how well it’s written. The explanations are incredibly simplified, detailed, and friendly making concepts easy to understand. It’s definitely a great resource for beginners in programming in general. That said, with my background in Java, I found the material a bit too easy, but it’s still a great introduction to C. However, I was disappointed by the condition in which the book arrived. It’s unclear if this was due to the shipping process or if the book itself was in that condition, Can’t complain though the book is great and arrived in shape at least..
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I read the first 6 chapters of this book, and I was impressed by how well it’s written. The explanations are incredibly simplified, detailed, and friendly making concepts easy to understand. It’s definitely a great resource for beginners in programming in general.
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