Re: How to improve C skill?

On 9 May 2007 19:57:02 -0700, "weidongtom@xxxxxxxxx"
<weidongtom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I have just finished reading some tutorials on C, I am wondering how I
could improve my skill. Is there any advice? Is reading others' codes
the best way? If so, what type of codes are suitable for novice? The
ones in fsf freed software directory? I have been reading quite a few
books on the programming language C, but when I tried to start a
project of my own, I find myself to be incompetent. What should I do?
Thanks in advance.

Buy the book "C Programming FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions", and
read it cover to cover. This book is written by Steve Summit, who
wrote the FAQ for this newsgroup. The book is available on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-FAQs-Frequently-Asked-Questions/dp/0201845199

Additionally, continue to read this newsgroup. There are some really
sharp people who post here, and if you lurk around here for a
reasonable amount of time, you should be able to determine who these
people are, and learn a lot from them.

Also, get yourself a cheap PC ($100 U.S.) at a garage sell or on your
local classifieds and install a free Linux distribution like Ubuntu:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Linux distributions will provide you with the gcc compiler, which is
arguably one of the best available, free or not. Just make sure to
write a lot of programs and crank up the compiler warning level. For
example, with gcc, this is a good start:

gcc -Wall -W -ansi -pedantic

Finally, if you have any questions about standard C, don't hesitate to
ask in this newsgroup.

Best regards
--
jay
.

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