C Programming Curriculum
Module 1: Introduction to Programming Concepts and C Language Basics
- Understanding what programming is and its importance
- Introduction to high-level and low-level languages
- History and importance of the C programming language
- Setting up the development environment (IDEs, compilers)
- Writing and running your first C program
- Basic structure of a C program (comments, preprocessor directives, main function)
- Data types, variables, and constants
- Input and output using printf() and scanf()
- Basic arithmetic and logical operations
Module 2: Control Flow
- Introduction to control flow statements (if, else, switch)
- Conditional statements and decision making
- Loops: while, do-while, and for loops
- Nesting and combining loops and conditional statements
- Using break and continue statements
- Programming based on loops
Module 3: Functions and Modular Programming
- Understanding functions and their role in programming
- Function declaration and definition
- Parameters and arguments
- Return values and void functions
- Function prototypes and header files
- Scope and lifetime of variables
- Breaking down large programs using modular programming
- Practice exercises involving functions with returning functions
Module 4: Arrays and Strings
- Introduction to arrays and their importance
- Declaration and initialization of arrays
- One-dimensional array handling
- Two-dimensional array handling
Module 5: Handling Characters and Strings
- Strings in C: character arrays and null-terminated strings
- Manipulating strings using standard library functions
- Examples of character and string manipulation
Module 6: Pointers and Memory Management
- Understanding memory and pointers
- Declaring and using pointers
- Pointer arithmetic
- Dynamic memory allocation using malloc() and free()
- Common pointer pitfalls and best practices
- Examples demonstrating pointer usage
Module 7: Structures and File Handling
- Introduction to structures and their significance
- Declaring and using structures
- Structures with pointers
- File handling concepts: opening, reading, writing, and closing files
- Sequential and random access to files
- Error handling and practical file manipulation
Module 8: Advanced Concepts
- Enumerations and bitwise operations
- Advanced data types: unions, typedef
- Command-line arguments
- Memory allocation functions: calloc(), realloc(), malloc
- Recursion and its applications
- Introduction to preprocessor directives