Linux programming for dummies

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    • Keogh, Jim

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Linux programming for dummies

by Jim Keogh

(--For dummies)

IDG Books Worldwide, c2001

  • : alk. paper

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Linux(r) Programming For Dummies(r) is the fast and easy way to get up-to speed on designing, developing, and debugging programs on the Linux platform. For a sample from the book go to: www.dummies.com/extras/linuxprog.html

Table of Contents

Introduction. PART I: A Beginner's Introduction to Linux Programming. Chapter 1: Checking Out How Linux Programming Works. Chapter 2: Designing Your First User Interface. Chapter 3: Writing Your First Linux Program. PART II: The Basics of Writing Code. Chapter 4: Getting Indecisive with Variables. Chapter 5: Interfacing with the User. Chapter 6: Who Were Those Masked Operators? PART III: Making Decisions. Chapter 7: The if, if else, and if elif Statements. Chapter 8: The case Statement. Chapter 9: Nested Control Structures. PART IV: Loops and Loops. Chapter 10: The while Loop. Chapter 11: The for in Loop. Chapter 12: Nested Loops and Quick Exits. PART V: Writing Subprograms. Chapter 13: Waxing Efficient with Functions (So You Don't Have to Retype Code!). Chapter 14: Getting Down with Subprograms. Chapter 15: Understanding Arguments ... Not the Ones with Your Mother-in-Law. PART VI: Database Programs and Printing. Chapter 16: Working with Database Files. Chapter 17: Making Your Program Print Stuff Out. PART VII: Debugging Your Program. Chapter 18: Getting Chatty with Comments. Chapter 19: Stamping Out Bugs in Your Program. PART VIII: Automating E-Mail. Chapter 20: Getting Goofy with E-Mail. Chapter 21: Automatic E-Mailing. PART IX: The Part of Tens. Chapter 22: Ten of the Most Useful Linux Utilities. Chapter 23: Ten Sources of More Linux Programming Information. Chapter 24: Ten Linux Programming Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else. PART X: Appendixes. Appendix A: Glossary. Appendix B: When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Piece of vi. Appendix C: Shell Conversion. Appendix D: Linux Programming Exercises. Appendix E: Surfing for Sample Code. Index. Book Registration Information.

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  • NCID
    BA54957618
  • ISBN
    • 0764506919
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Foster City, CA
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxii, 336 p.
  • Size
    24 cm.
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