Linux Programming For Dummies,9780764506918

Linux Programming For Dummies

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780764506918
ISBN10: 0764506919
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-12-28
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

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

Author Biography

Jim Keogh is the chair of the Software Development for Electronic Commerce track at Columbia University and the author of more than 40 computer books.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part I: A Beginner's Introduction to Linux Programming 7(46)
Checking Out How Linux Programming Works
9(14)
Designing Your First User Interface
23(10)
Writing Your First Linux Program
33(20)
Part II: The Basics of Writing Code 53(34)
Getting Indecisive with Variables
55(10)
Interfacing with the User
65(10)
Who Were Those Masked Operators?
75(12)
Part III: Making Decisions 87(22)
The if, if else, and if elif Statements
89(10)
The case Statement
99(6)
Nested Control Structures
105(4)
Part IV: Loops and Loops 109(24)
The while Loop
111(8)
The for in Loop
119(6)
Nested Loops and Quick Exits
125(8)
Part V: Writing Subprograms 133(36)
Waxing Efficient with Functions (So You Don't Have to Retype Code!)
135(10)
Getting Down with Subprograms
145(14)
Understanding Arguments ... Not the Ones with Your Mother-in-Law
159(10)
Part VI: Database Programs and Printing 169(20)
Working with Database Files
171(12)
Making Your Program Print Stuff Out
183(6)
Part VII: Debugging Your Program 189(20)
Getting Chatty with Comments
191(6)
Stamping Out Bugs in Your Program
197(12)
Part VIII: Automating E-Mail 209(36)
Getting Goofy with E-Mail
211(16)
Automatic E-Mailing
227(18)
Part IX: The Part of Tens 245(28)
Ten of the Most Useful Linux Utilities
247(10)
Ten Sources of More Linux Programming Information
257(6)
Ten Linux Programming Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else
263(10)
Part X: Appendixes 273(56)
Appendix A: Glossary
275(10)
Appendix B: When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Piece of vi
285(18)
Appendix C: Shell Conversion
303(4)
Appendix D: Linux Programming Exercises
307(20)
Appendix E: Surfing for Sample Code
327(2)
Index 329

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