[Noisebridge-discuss] Seeking info about Intro to C Programming class

[Glen Jarvis]

There's also an iPhone developer group that used to (and maybe still does) get together for helping each other with similar goals. I went a few times just to meet them. They're a great bunch of people and very helpful. They'll definitely help you get on the right track for learning objective-c and iPhone development.

Find then on meetup.com. And they may still have noisebridge as their meeting location.

Glen

On Jun 16, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Erik Schneider <eriktrips at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all you wonderfully helpful people!
> 
> I am learning C because I wanted also to learn Objective-C and
> eventually develop for OS X and iOS. That's a long ways off though--I
> am self-taught in programming and have not yet made the leap from
> simple command-line toys to GUI application programming. Also I know
> it is not necessarily necessary to learn C before Objective-C but I am
> a nuts-and-bolts kind of person and like to start at relatively low
> levels. Relatively. I know I could go lower still, but I have only so
> many lifetimes to live.
> 
> I have the K&R and will probably go back to it soon. It was a bit
> terse for a relative newbie; it was also frustrating that all the
> examples in the first few chapters are for processing input but they
> do not teach you how to input input until much later, so I was not
> happy not being able to test my code. I could have looked ahead I
> suppose, but I have a thing for starting with Chapter One and
> following with Chapter Two, etc. unless I am reading poetry, in which
> case starting in the middle is always recommended.
> 
> Thanks for the video links. I will check those out!
> 
> Erik
> 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 19:19, ashish makani <ashish.makani at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My suggestions :
>> 
>> 1.If you like video lectures, here is a harvard course where all the video
>> lectures & assignments, are available online for free.
>> They are a bit long, but are pretty engaging , in both content & delivery,
>> IMHO.
>> http://cs50.tv/
>> 
>> 2. If you are trying to learn programming , and don't care about the
>> language, MIT's introductory programming course 6.00 is also a great place
>> to start.
>> http://mit600.mit.edu/blog/course-info/
>> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/video-lectures/
>> 
>> All the Best,
>> 
>> cheers
>> ashish
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> To me, the advantage of K&R is that it is small and can work / review
>>> through it quick.
>>> It is maybe hard to find newer books which go into relevant topics which
>>> are not huge and heavy.
>>> 
>>> For me, C++ is an advanced language to work with, tools have been
>>> developed to make it easier to work with large projects, eg cmake and QT but
>>> not everybody uses and there are other choices. It was the first OO language
>>> and IMHO compromise between C and the higher level OO languages such as Java
>>> and Python, which have become standard for learning OOP.  Also most other
>>> languages have OO extensions.
>>> 
>>> C is close to the metal as they say and that may be kind of interesting.
>>> Also fast. Depending on your interests you could find possibly an
>>> application oriented book to go along with K&R. In general many langs have a
>>> foreign function interface (FFI) for speed or hardware interface which
>>> people mostly use C functions. So you can look there at small functions that
>>> do specific things. To give you some motivating or interesting examples.
>>> 
>>> What is your motivation for learning C ? Mine was originally for numerical
>>> programming (because required for a job), then later as a bridge to C++
>>> (which I found disappointing, wish I had gone with Python).
>>> 
>>> One approach to learning a new programming language which may work for you
>>> is to translate something. For instance take a Python function that is
>>> central to your/ some code and rewrite it in C, simply plug it in and see if
>>> it works, and see if it is any faster. I don't know how common this is in
>>> Python (being new to it) but it is pretty ubiquitous in Perl (which can have
>>> slow downs pretty bad).
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Erik Schneider <eriktrips at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi I'm kind of new but not entirely but enough so that I don't know if
>>>> this is the right place to ask but since they do not have a list of
>>>> their own that I can find:
>>>> 
>>>> Is anyone from the Intro to C Programming class reading who could
>>>> answer questions like could I start attending next week?
>>>> And if yes:
>>>> Is the class using a text or texts, and if so what is/are the text(s)?
>>>> And is there a particular thing the class is working on for next week?
>>>> 
>>>> If you can answer my questions but it would be more polite to email me
>>>> the info than to use this list, then:
>>>> eriktrips at gmail.com
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Erik JM Schneider
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