Week 1 - Are you ready?
C Programming
Because this course focuses on operating systems, primarily covering Linux, it assumes that students have a reasonable understanding of the C programming language.
Concepts to Know
For this course, a “reasonable understanding” would be defined as having used or been exposed to the following C concepts:
- Structs, arrays, pointers, and reference types
- File I/O
- Use of command line parameters
- Pass-by-reference and pass-by-value
- Dynamic memory allocation using malloc()
- Use of C libraries
Other Helpful Skills Related to C
Besides understanding the above C concepts, it is useful for students to have experience with the following:
- Debugging programs
- Reading documentation
- Iterative design
- Good coding standards