Easy C Tutorials http://easyctutorials.com C Tutorials|C++ Tutorials Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en EasyCTutorialshttp://feedburner.google.com New Development Related Site http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/UJhCCCWjKO4/ http://easyctutorials.com/new-development-related-site/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:47:44 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/new-development-related-site/ Recently, my friend and I, launched our newest site.  Its called Devjargon, and its about software development, managing programmers and things along those lines.

Here are a few of our best articles:

Whether your an experienced developer or a novice manager, these articles will hopefully help you.  Head on over to devjargon, or subscribe to their feed to get free updates on our content.  We update the content every few days on that site.

]]> http://easyctutorials.com/new-development-related-site/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/new-development-related-site/ The Mysteries of Pointers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/rpD1xlD2Ok8/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-pointers/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:15:16 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-pointers/ One of the hardest concepts in the C programming language for me is Pointers. To this day I still often have to look into my text books when I’m diving deep into pointer world. Hopefully this tutorial will help demystify pointers for you.

What are Pointers?
Pointers got their name for one reason: they “point” to locations in memory. Pointers are just variables that store memory addresses, usually the addresses of other variables. With this memory address you’ll then be able to go to that address and retrieve the data stored in it. If you happen to have a large of data that you want to pass into a function it’s a lot easier to pass its location to the function than to copy every element of the data.

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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-pointers/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-pointers/ The Art of Writing Maintainable Code http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/GOimrC9nqxE/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-writing-maintainable-code/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:23:20 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-writing-maintainable-code/ Debugging is twice as hard as writing code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. - Brian Kernighan

If you’ve been programming for any length of time I’m sure at one time you’ve had the pleasure (or lack thereof) of wading through another persons code. It is definitely not a pleasurable journey when the code is new, written with the newest standards; but when the code is legacy it can be a downright hair-pulling experience.
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-writing-maintainable-code/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-writing-maintainable-code/ A Beginner’s Guide to Functions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/yhi-yu52OgA/ http://easyctutorials.com/a-beginners-guide-to-functions/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:08:11 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/a-beginners-guide-to-functions/ You have now learned how to write your first c program as well as the different loops in the c language so its now time to learn about functions. In general, functions are blocks of code that perform pre-defined commands to accomplish a certain task. You can either use the built-in functions included in the library or user defined functions (ones you create).
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/a-beginners-guide-to-functions/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/a-beginners-guide-to-functions/ Hello World with C++ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/t8ARyrmRI8s/ http://easyctutorials.com/hello-world-with-cplusplus/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:58:01 +0000 Cayson Hiivala http://easyctutorials.com/hello-world-with-c/ Hello, and welcome to my first C++ tutorial. I am also going to happily assume that this is your first c++ tutorial too. If not, I hope to improve your understanding of c++. I will attempt to do so as simple as humanly possible. Shall we get started then?

In order to make programs you will need something called a compiler. We will use g++. A compiler I have come to love. I use linux so it comes with my operating system. I am assuming you are using windows, so follow the rules from this website: G++.
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/hello-world-with-cplusplus/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/hello-world-with-cplusplus/ Loops in C http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/00LWdD_NPUM/ http://easyctutorials.com/loops-in-c/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:13:22 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/loops-in-c/ If you want to repeat the same blocks of code over and over you have two choices. Copy and paste each block or you can use a loop. In C there are three different types of loops: for, while, and do…while. Each of them has their own specific uses and syntax, and below I’ll explain all three.
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/loops-in-c/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/loops-in-c/ The Art of Commenting Code http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/RGSTp2uqMB0/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-commenting-code/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:00:58 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-commenting-code/ No matter what other people say, commenting source code is an art form. It takes finesse (and sometimes an English degree :P) to properly comment your code. Some people are under the mindset “if its code, it has to be commented with long detailed comments” while others take the total opposite and barely comment a single line, and when they do they just explain the obvious. Which mindset is best? Neither!
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-commenting-code/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-art-of-commenting-code/ The Mysteries of Header Files http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/7AQcq8YHgt4/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-header-files/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:46:38 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-header-files/ Have you just started programming and saw the line #include <stdio.h>? Are you wondering what this so called “.h” file is and what it does and why it’s important? Well in the following article I’ll go into detail about what a header file is, what its purpose is and also the most common header files.
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-header-files/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/the-mysteries-of-header-files/ Your First C Program http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/ubNV_ssa604/ http://easyctutorials.com/your-first-c-program/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:26:01 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/your-first-c-program/ So, you want to be able to write C programs? Well, you have come to the right place. Over the next few weeks I’ll be writing a series of tutorials called “The Basics”. Each one of these tutorials will cover a different subject that will help you learn how to program in C. In this weeks tutorial I’ll teach you how to write your first C program.
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]]> http://easyctutorials.com/your-first-c-program/feed/ http://easyctutorials.com/your-first-c-program/ Arrays vs. Linked Lists http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EasyCTutorials/~3/bkOHaGU9VhE/ http://easyctutorials.com/arrays-vs-linkedlists/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:10:06 +0000 Adam McKerlie http://easyctutorials.com/arrays-vs-linkedlists/ I honestly can’t recall the number of times I’ve been asked what the difference was between arrays and linked lists. There’s been countless times when people have come up to me and asked “When should I use arrays and when should I use linked lists?” Since I’m getting tired of answering this so many times I felt I should write down my answer here :P
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