Mastering C Programming from Scratch

📚 Tutorial Structure

📌 1. Introduction to C

• What is C Programming?

• History & Use Cases

• Tools & Environment Setup (GCC, Code::Blocks, Visual Studio Code)

• Writing Your First Program (Hello World)

📌 2. Basics of C Programming

• Variables and Data Types

• Constants and Keywords

• Input/Output (scanf, printf)

• Operators (Arithmetic, Logical, Relational)

📌 3. Control Structures

• Conditional Statements (if, else, switch)

• Loops (for, while, do-while)

• break, continue, and goto

📌 4. Functions in C

• Defining and Calling Functions

• Function Arguments and Return Types

• Recursion

• Scope and Lifetime of Variables

📌 5. Arrays and Strings

• 1D and 2D Arrays

• String Handling (strlen, strcpy, strcat, etc.)

• Array of Strings

• Common String Algorithms (e.g., palindrome, anagram)

📌 6. Pointers in C

• Introduction to Pointers

• Pointers and Arrays

• Pointers to Functions

• Pointers to Pointers

• Dynamic Memory Allocation (malloc, calloc, free)

📌 7. Structures and Unions

• Declaring and Using Structures

• Nested Structures

• typedef Usage

• Difference Between Structures and Unions

📌 8. File Handling

• File Operations: Open, Read, Write, Close

• Working with Text and Binary Files

• File Pointers and fscanf, fprintf, fread, fwrite

📌 9. Preprocessor Directives

• #define, #include, #ifdef, #ifndef

• Macros and Conditional Compilation

📌 10. Advanced Concepts

• Bitwise Operators

• Command Line Arguments

• Enumerations

• Memory Management Best Practices

📌 11. Projects and Practice

• Mini Project Ideas:

  • Student Record System

  • Simple Calculator

  • Tic-Tac-Toe Game

  • File Encryption-Decryption Tool

• Practice Problems:

  • Pattern Printing

  • Sorting and Searching Algorithms

  • Matrix Manipulations

📌 12. Debugging and Optimization

• Common Bugs in C

• Debugging with gdb

• Writing Efficient C Code