HackHarbor-2.0

Basics to Advanced C programming course for HackHarbor 2.0

Day-wise Syllabus

Day 1 - Introduction to C Programming

Overview of C and it's applications

• Setting Up the Environment: Installing GCC and VSCode
• Basic Syntax and Structure
• Writing and running the first program ("Hello, World!")
• Variables and Data Types: Integers, floats, characters, and basic I/O functions
• Operators and Expressions:
  • Arithmetic Operators: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modulus
  • Relational and Logical Operators
  • Increment and Decrement Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Type Casting and Type Conversion

Day 2 - Control Structures and Types of Errors

Conditional Statements and Loops

• Conditional Statements: if, else if, else, switch statements
• Loops: for, while, do-while loops

Errors - Types and definitions

• Syntax Errors
• Semantic Errors
• Logical Errors
• Runtime Errors

Day 3 - Functions

• Function Basics: Definition, declaration, and calling functions
• Parameters and Return Values
• Scope and Lifetime of Variables
• Recursive Functions

Day 4 - Arrays

• Introduction to Arrays: creating arrays, accessing elements, and basic operations
  • One-Dimentional Arrays
  • Two-Dimentional Arrays

Day 5 - Strings and Pointers

• Strings in C: String handling functions, array of characters, and standard library functions (strlen, strcpy, strcmp, etc.)
• Pointers: Definition, declaration, usage and pointer arithmetic

Day 6 - Dynamic Memory Allocation

• Difference between static and dynamic memory allocation
• Dynamic Memory Allocation Functions:
  • malloc() - memory allocation
  • calloc() - contiguous allocation
  • realloc() - re-allocation
  • free()
• Comparision between malloc() and calloc()

Day 7 - Structures and Unions

• Structures: Definition, declaration, and accessing members
• Array of Structures
• Nested Structures
• Unions: Definition, declaration, and accessing members
• Difference between Structures and Unions

Day 8 - File Handling

• File Operations: Opening, reading, writing, and closing files
• File Modes: Text and binary modes
• Error Handling in File Operations
• Standard Library Functions for File Handling

Day 9 - Data Structures

• Data Structures: Definiton, types and usage
• Stacks: Implementation using arrays, push and pop operations
• Queues: Implementation using arrays, enqueue and dequeue operations
• Circular Queue: Implementation and operations

Day 10 - Data Structures (Linked Lists)

• Singly Linked Lists: Implementation, insertion, deletion, and traversal
• Doubly Linked Lists: Implementation, insertion, deletion, and traversal
• Circular Singly Linked Lists: Implementation, insertion, deletion, and traversal
• Circular Doubly Linked Lists: Implementation, insertion, deletion, and traversal