CS 198C: C Programming Language

Course Description: This practicum assumes general background and experience in computer programming (such as that provided by COMPSCI 121 or a similar introductory programming course) and some knowledge of data structures (such as that provided by COMPSCI 187). Content will include basic C data types, declarations, expressions, statements, and functions; simple use of macros; some common library calls (such as formatted input/output); basic pointer manipulation using linked lists; and introduction to using standard tools (gcc and make).

My Course Reflection

I took this course in Spring 2022. In my honest opinion, I think this course prepared really well for my C programming. There were 13 challenges in total, I enjoyed most of them, except the last one, which was a bit hard for me to understand, which is makefile. I understood most of the fundamental concepts of C. You can read more about the topics from this link: https://sites.google.com/view/umasscs198c/schedule?authuser=0

One of the biggest takeaway from this class is that I learned how to interact with the shell, and how to use different commands to complie and run programs. Another takeaway is that I learned how SSH and SFTP works, and how to use them to transfer files between my local machine and the server. Having a good grasp of pointers and memory management is crucial to help me how machine works underneath my code. I am writting this post on 5/16/2024 at this moment, and I am currently making my own command line library in Node.js with Command.js, and having the knowledge of understanding how flag works in C and clear documentation (man page) is really helpful. Not to mention, the amount of command line that I have to use every single day, such as git, docker, npm, pip, pm2, and many more. I am really glad that I took this course.

Code demonstration for C

#include <stdio.h>;
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    printf("Hello, 198C!\n");
    return 0;
}