Why C
C was created at Bell Labs in 1972, and it is still used in operating systems, embedded systems, firmware, databases and game engines. It is also the language most colleges use to teach programming, because it shows how a program really works with memory. Once you know C, learning C++, Java, Python and data structures becomes much easier.
What you will do
You will write C programs from your first printf() to complete applications. You will learn data types, operators (including bitwise and shift), decisions, loops, arrays, strings, functions and recursion, and the basics of pointers. In Package 2 you will go deeper into pointers, including pointers to pointers, function pointers and arrays of pointers. You will build your own data types with structures, unions and enums, manage memory with malloc, calloc, realloc and free, and read and write files. Throughout, you will use AI tools to explain tricky logic, make practice problems and find bugs, while you still write and check the code yourself.
Before you start
No programming experience is needed. Basic computer skills are enough.
What to learn next
After C, move on to C++ Programming for object-oriented programming, or to Data Structures & Algorithms with C to prepare for coding interviews.