Informações principais
Sobre o conteúdo
Enhance your coding skills along your path to becoming a proficient C programmer with the essential concepts of functions and pointers.
In this course you will be introduced to the concept of modular programming: that is, dividing up more complex tasks into manageable pieces.
You will learn how to write your own functions (just like functions in mathematics for example). You will also gain insight into a computer's architecture and learn how its memory is organized.
Given the vast amount of memory computers have these days, how does your program remember where a certain variable is stored? This brings about the important topic of how memory is efficiently addressed inside a computer, and with it, the topic of pointers.
Pointers are often considered the most difficult part and the main struggle for C program developers. We will introduce you to this central topic with our novel and innovative visualization tools and show you precisely how pointers work. No need to struggle! You will receive instant feedback on your code right within your browser.
The programming concepts you will gain in this course are foundational to any programming language. C is a foundational programming language taught at engineering schools around the world, and represents one of the building blocks of modern computer information technology. Invented in the 1970s. It is still one of the most stable and popular programming languages in the world.
By the end of this course, you will have reached the third milestone in the C Programming with Linux Specialization program, unlocking the door to a career in computer engineering.
Your job outlook:
- Programmers, developers, engineers, managers, and related industries within scientific computing and data science;
- Embedded systems such as transportation, utility networks, and aerospace;
- Robotics industry and manufacturing;
- IoT (Internet of Things) used in smart homes, automation, and wearables.
- IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology, ranks C as third of the top programming languages of 2021 in demand by employers. (Source: IEEE Spectrum)
This course has received financial support from the Patrick & Lina Drahi Foundation.
Pré-requisito
We recommend having completed the 2 first courses of the Specialization: C Programming with Linux or equivalent skills.
Programa de estudos
Week 1: Functions and recursion
This week, you will decompose a more complex program into various functions. To do this, you will learn to create functions, write function calls and prototypes, call on functions, and have functions return specific values.
Week 2: Memory and the scope of variables
This week you will know more of the Von Neumann architecture model. You will recall how computer memory is organized and addressed, use the sizeof() functions with variables of different types, recognize overflow and roundoff errors, and identify the scope of a variable.
Week 3: Pointers
This week, you will visualize, describe, and utilize points using simple pointer arithmetic. You will be able to create functions to which arrays can be passed and that can modify arrays.
Instrutores
Rémi SHARROCK
Associate Professor, Telecom Paris
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Professor of Engineering | Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Criador do conteúdo
L'Institut Mines-Télécom est un acteur majeur public de l’enseignement supérieur, de la recherche et de l'innovation dans les domaines de l'ingénierie et du management.
Il est composé de 10 grandes écoles Mines et Télécom sous tutelle du ministre du redressement productif (Mines Albi, Mines Alès, Mines Douai, Mines Nantes, Mines ParisTech, Mines Saint-Etienne, Télécom Bretagne, Télécom École de Management, Télécom ParisTech, Télécom SudParis) et de deux écoles filiales (Télécom Lille et Eurecom). Il entretient des relations privilégiées avec deux partenaires stratégiques, Mines Nancy, composante de l’Université de Lorraine, et Armines.
L’Institut Mines-Télécom est en pointe en matière d’innovation pédagogique. Premier groupe d’écoles d’ingénieur en France, il diplôme chaque année 8% des ingénieurs.
Les cours en ligne ouverts à tous participent d’un mouvement de création et d’animation de communautés pour la formation initiale et tout au long de la vie. L’Institut Mines-Télécom contribuera à ce mouvement et y impliquera l’ensemble de ses parties prenantes : enseignants-chercheurs, étudiants et futurs étudiants, diplômés, entreprises et de la manière la plus générale tous les apprenants intéressés par les domaines de spécialité de l’Institut.
Plataforma
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