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Dartmouth College

C Programming: Modular Programming and Memory Management

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4.810 ratings at edX

Overview

Enhance your coding skills along your path to becoming a proficient C programmer with the essential concepts of functions and pointers. Receive instant feedback on your code right within your browser.

What you'll learn

  • Break acomplex programming task into a number of functions to which you pass arguments
  • Recall how computer memory is organized to store variables and arrays
  • Find the address of a variable
  • Perform simple pointer arithmetic

Skills you'll practise

MathematicsComputer EngineeringComputer ArchitectureProgramming ConceptsMemory Management

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • From Dartmouth College, a well-regarded name.
  • Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $99). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Before you start

C Programming: Getting Started For Complete Beginners DART.IMT.C.01 and C Programming: Language Foundations DART.IMT.C.02OR equivalent skills.

Taught by

  • Petra Bonfert-TaylorProfessor, Thayer School of Engineering
  • Rémi SharrockAssociate Professor, Telecom ParisTech

Dartmouth College is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (86/100).

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