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Build real programming skills from scratch with a free C course: understand binary, memory, data types and write your first programs—earn a certificate.
In this free course, learn about
Computer Science and Number Systems Foundations
How Programs and Computers Work
Writing and Running Your First C Program
Numeric Data Types and Character Encoding
Variables, Strings, and Formatted Output
Arrays and Pointer Fundamentals
Pointer Memory Manipulation
Constants, Strings, and Memory Visualization
Conditional Statements and Logical Operators
Loops, Functions, Booleans, and Bitmasks
Algorithm Design and For Loops
Course Conclusion
About the free online course
Learning C is one of the fastest ways to understand what software is really doing under the hood. This beginner-friendly course takes you from foundational computer science ideas to writing and running your first C programs, while building the habits that make code reliable, readable, and efficient. Instead of treating programming as memorizing syntax, you will develop a clear mental model of how data is represented, how instructions flow through the CPU, and why those details matter when you start creating useful software.
You will start with the essentials of how computers store and work with information, including binary and hexadecimal. By connecting number systems to real files and practical computing concepts, you gain confidence reading low-level representations that often feel mysterious to newcomers. This understanding then supports more advanced topics, like why data types exist, what signed and unsigned values mean, and how overflow can produce unexpected results when your program exceeds the limits of a number’s representation.
As you progress, the course bridges concepts to hands-on practice. You will see how C programs are structured, why include statements matter, and how a simple program is built and executed. You will also learn how functions work as building blocks: how they receive arguments, return values, and help you organize logic into reusable pieces. These skills translate directly to larger projects and to other programming languages, giving you a strong base for continued learning in technology and programming.
The course also makes the relationship between programs and memory easier to grasp. You will explore key ideas about RAM, what happens to data when power is removed, and how the CPU drives execution using mechanisms like the instruction pointer. With this perspective, you will be better prepared to debug issues, reason about program behavior, and write code that behaves predictably. By the end, you will be able to run C code confidently and understand not just what to type, but why it works.
Course content
Video class: Introduction to Computer Science for Everyone02m
Exercise: What is the key element needed to create useful software beyond knowing a programming language?
Video class: Lesson 1.2 : Which programming language?05m
Exercise: Why are there many different programming languages?
Video class: Binary Tutorial15m
Exercise: What is the decimal value of the binary number '110'?
Video class: The importance of understanding binary06m
Exercise: Every BMP files are a stream of...
Video class: Lesson 2.3 : Hexadecimal Tutorial21m
Exercise: What digit is used in hexadecimal after the number 9?
Video class: Lesson 3.1 : Include Statements06m
Exercise: What is the main purpose of an include statement in programming?
Video class: Lesson 3.2 : How programming languages work with data04m
Exercise: Why is it important to specify data types in programming?
Video class: Lesson 3.3 : Some Basics Concerning RAM07m
Exercise: What happens to data stored in RAM when the computer is turned off?
Video class: Lesson 3.4 : Programs are Data Too03m
Exercise: What is the main function of the CPU during program execution?
Video class: Lesson 4.1 : About Program Flow04m
Exercise: What is the purpose of the instruction pointer in a CPU?
Video class: Lesson 4.2 : Functions, Methods, Routines04m
Exercise: Every function...
Video class: Lesson 4.3 : About Arguments and Return Values06m
Exercise: What is a function's role in programming discussed in the transcript?
Video class: Lesson 4.4 : About Syntax and Functions04m
Exercise: What is the fundamental step in learning a programming language?
Video class: Lesson 5.1 : Writing your first program in C20m
Exercise: What is the correct syntax to include the standard input/output library in a C program?
Video class: Lesson 5.2 : Review of your first program06m
Exercise: What is the purpose of the 'include' statement in C programming?
Video class: Lesson 5.3 : Running your first program04m
Exercise: How can you run a C program without downloading a compiler?
Video class: Typing and running your first program in CodeBlocks07m
Exercise: What is the first step to download and install Code Blocks on a Windows computer?
Video class: Lesson 6.1 : Basics of signed and unsigned numbers10m
Exercise: What is a signed number?
Video class: Lesson 6.2 : The Basics of Numeric Overflow06m
Exercise: What happens to a 3-bit number when it overflows?
Video class: Lesson 6.3 : Fractional numbers in binary08m
Exercise: How are fractional numbers represented in binary?
Video class: Lesson 6.4 : Numeric Data Types in C06m
Video class: Lesson 6.5 : The basics of ASCII and the char data type06m
Video class: Lesson 6.6 : How numbers are encoded as characters in ASCII05m
Video class: Lesson 6.7 : Maximum values for unsigned integers in C07m
Video class: Lesson 6.8 : Minimum and maximum values of signed integers10m
Video class: Lesson 7.1 : Introducing Variables04m
Video class: Lesson 7.2 : The connection between function return values and variables08m
Video class: Lesson 7.3 Terminating strings of text and other data11m
Video class: Lesson 7.4 : More about the printf function and an introduction to placeholders10m
Video class: Lesson 8.1 : Introducing arrays and pointers - part one16m
Exercise: What is an array?
Video class: Lesson 8.2 : Introducing arrays and pointers - part two06m
Video class: Lesson 8.3 : Introducing the pointer data type06m
Video class: Lesson 8.4 : How to create a pointer in C15m
Video class: Lesson 8.5 : Assigning a value to a pointer08m
Video class: Lesson 8.6 : Getting the value stored at a memory address using a pointer23m
Video class: Lesson 8.7 : A chance to practice and use what you have learned04m
Video class: Lesson 9.1 : Using pointers for direct memory access and manipulation in C19m
Video class: Lesson 9.2 : About changing the memory address contained within a pointer11m
Video class: Lesson 9.3 : Pointers containing memory addresses of multi byte variables34m
Video class: Lesson 9.4 : Pointers have memory addresses too13m
Video class: Lesson 9.5 : Why do you need to learn pointers?05m
Video class: Lesson 9.6 : Introducing the char* pointer13m
Video class: Lesson 10.1 : Introducing constants and string literals in C10m
Video class: Lesson 10.2 : Important review and clarifications27m
Video class: Lesson 10.3 : More about strings and constants in C16m
Video class: Lesson 10.4 : A new way to visualize RAM06m
Video class: Lesson 10.5 : Introducing the character string as an array of characters in C11m
Video class: Lesson 10.6 : Using a pointer to directly manipulate data in memory in C15m
Video class: Lesson 11.1 : Introducing conditional flow statements03m
Video class: Lesson 11.2 : The mechanisms for control flow statements08m
Video class: Lesson 11.3 : Implementing a simple if statement in c14m
Video class: Lesson 11.4 : More about if statements and logical operators13m
Video class: Lesson 11.5 : Introducing Logical OR05m
Video class: Lesson 12.1 : Introducing GOTO and Loops in C09m
Video class: Lesson 12.2 : More about blocks of code and GOTO statements04m
Video class: Lesson 12.3 : Introducing the While Loop in C09m
Video class: Lesson 12.4 : Introducing Custom Functions in C10m
Video class: Lesson 12.5 : Introducing Booleans09m
Video class: Lesson 12.6 : Introducing Bitmasks14m
Video class: Lesson 12.7 : Changing data using bitmasks13m
Video class: Unit 12 Supplemental Video : Displaying data in memory as binary06m
Video class: Lesson 12.8 : Introduction to data structures09m
Video class: Lesson 13.1 : Introduction to Algorithm Design Part 113m
Video class: Lesson 13.2 : Basics of Algorithm Design Part 2 : Introducing the For Loop in C11m
Video class: Lesson 13.2 : Supplemental : Printing Binary Data #212m
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Students found the free course beginner-friendly, clear, and highly useful for learning C programming fundamentals and theory. Many praised the explanations, recommended it to newcomers, and appreciated the free certificate.
Peddada geetha sree durga
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