Csse2310

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Perfect—1 hour/day is enough to build solid C skills in 3 weeks, if you’re consistent and focused. Here’s a custom 21-day C learning track, designed for 1 hour/day.

🗓️ C Learning Plan – 1 Hour/Day for 3 Weeks #

Each session includes:

🔹 Week 1: C Foundations & Syntax #

Day Topic Learn Practice
1 Setup & Hello World CS50 Week 1 (first 20 min) Write and compile hello.c with gcc
2 Variables, types, math CS50 Week 1 (next 20–30 min) Simple calculator (add/sub/mul/div)
3 Conditionals & if/else CS50 + Learn-C.org: Conditionals Age checker / grade classifier
4 Loops CS50 Week 1 (remaining) + Learn-C Multiplication table with for loop
5 Functions Learn-C: Functions Build a BMI calculator function
6 Arrays & Strings CS50 Week 2 (first 30 min) Store 5 names in an array, print them
7 Review + Practice Revisit key errors/confusions Do 2–3 Exercism C exercises

🔹 Week 2: Pointers, Memory, Files #

Day Topic Learn Practice
8 Pointers 101 CS50 Week 3 (first 30 min) Pointer basics: swap two ints using pointers
9 Arrays vs pointers CS50 + Beej’s C Guide Use pointer to walk through a char array
10 Dynamic memory (malloc) Learn-C: Memory allocation Create dynamic array of 5 strings
11 struct and typedef CS50 Week 3 (next 30 min) Create a struct Person with name & age
12 File I/O basics Learn-C: File I/O Read a file line-by-line and print it
13 Debugging with gdb CMU GDB tutorial Debug a crashing program you wrote
14 Review + Practice Re-do a buggy/memory-leaky example Use valgrind to check for leaks

🔹 Week 3: Processes, Sockets (CSSE2310 Prep) #

Day Topic Learn Practice
15 Command-line args CS50 Week 5 + Learn-C.org Program that accepts file name via argv
16 Processes: fork(), exec() Beej’s Fork Guide Write a program that forks and runs ls
17 Signals & wait() man pages + Beej Parent waits for child before exiting
18 Sockets intro (TCP) Beej’s Guide to Networking Try basic server/client example
19 C string handling deep dive CS50 string functions review Implement a custom strlen() and strcpy()
20 Final project challenge Combine: file I/O + malloc + struct Save and load a contact list from file
21 Wrap-up + Troubleshooting Fix 1–2 broken examples from previous days Ask for help online or through me!

✅ Bonus Tips #

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