The students should learn how to write small programs in C. We will also have a particular focus on writing efficient code. Furthermore, we will discuss potential pitfalls that can lead to extensive debugging if the programmer is not aware of it.The class is designed to be helpful for both beginners, who want to get started with C, and for advanced C programmers who want to improve coding style and avoid common mistakes.

 Each class consists of a lecture part with slides and a discussion session. In the latter, students present solutions of tasks and we jointly evaluate and optimize the code.

The topics covered in the course will include:                                                                                                                  Introduction to the syntax of CTypes, operators and expressionsControl structuresFunctions and program structureMemory addressing and pointersArrays and structuresMemory managementInput and output

Students should have some basic knowledge in programming in any other language, such as JAVA. They are expected to be able to write a few lines of code, know how to use loops and work with functions.

Students have to have passed the class "ESOP" or possess equivalent knowledge or basic programming skills.

Book:The C Programming Language (2nd Edition) Brian Kernighan and Dennis RitchieC – Einführung und professionelle Anwendung (2nd Edition) Peter Prinz and Ulla Kirch-Prinz, mitp 2007

The students will be evaluated based on the weekly presentations of their solutions of programming tasks AND a written final exam.

The exam will be based on the content of the lecture = slides presented in the lecure + programming tasks.

Evaluation of students is based on their ability to produce C-code that is well-structured and optimized in terms of runtime. Furthermore, some fundamental knowledge about the theoretical background is expected by the end of the semester.