[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Programming Classes??

[Tom Adelstein]

I concur. I started out in the olden periods on Borland's DOS compiler. 
(No tomatoes please).

I got tired of syntax errors so I got a book called Linux Programming by 
Example: Que Books. Kurt Wall. Another than I bought but only use as a 
reference is C for Linux Programming. SAMS.

Finally, if you need to get started then the "Absolute Beginner's Guide 
to C" by Greg Perry. You'll have to get it used: eBay or Amazon. Mine's 
old, old.

Some people insist that the only way to learn is to just type code over 
and over. That can work and it helps to build muscle memory. You still 
have a few basic skills to master and I found it works best to get have 
a reference to grab for some of those skills.



madhat at unspecific.com wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 10:47, Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:
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>>Hi Wilson,
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>>   I really don't think that there is a need of formal training for C
>>over Linux. All I did was just picked up a C programming book and
>>started off writing programs with vi and compiling them through gcc. 
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>Everyone learns differently.  What works for you may not work for
>someone else.  I can't learn from reading a book.  I can learn from
>listening to someone or just figuring it out on my own, but text books
>are a waist of my time and money (reference manuals are a different
>story all together).
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