This book, aimed at developers experienced in high-level programming languages, applies Deitel's active code approach to teaching the C language and the Standard C Library.

The book presents concepts within the context of fully tested programs, with special emphasis on comments, code, and program outputs. It includes approximately 5,000 lines of tested C code and hundreds of practical tips that will assist in building robust applications.

It starts with an introduction to C and quickly progresses to more advanced topics, such as constructing custom data structures, the Standard Library, and selected features from the new C11 standard, such as multithreading. With this knowledge, you will be able to create high-performance applications for modern multi-core systems.

It concludes each chapter with sections on safe programming in C, which show how to write software that is more robust and less vulnerable. The classic Deitel approach to procedural programming provides an enjoyable learning experience.

You will know everything you need to build professional-level applications with C. Practical coverage filled with examples of the following topics:

• The basics of programming in C
• Compilation and debugging with the GNU gcc and gdb compilers and Visual C++®
• The major new features of the C11 standard
• Multithreading with C11 for improved performance on modern multi-core systems
• Sections on Safe programming in C
• Data structures, searching, and sorting
• Evaluation issues, preprocessing
• Initialization values and more.