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Free online course C for Beginners

Duration of the online course: 11 hours and 8 minutes

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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 Everyone 02m
  • 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 Tutorial 15m
  • Exercise: What is the decimal value of the binary number '110'?
  • Video class: The importance of understanding binary 06m
  • Exercise: Every BMP files are a stream of...
  • Video class: Lesson 2.3 : Hexadecimal Tutorial 21m
  • Exercise: What digit is used in hexadecimal after the number 9?
  • Video class: Lesson 3.1 : Include Statements 06m
  • Exercise: What is the main purpose of an include statement in programming?
  • Video class: Lesson 3.2 : How programming languages work with data 04m
  • Exercise: Why is it important to specify data types in programming?
  • Video class: Lesson 3.3 : Some Basics Concerning RAM 07m
  • Exercise: What happens to data stored in RAM when the computer is turned off?
  • Video class: Lesson 3.4 : Programs are Data Too 03m
  • Exercise: What is the main function of the CPU during program execution?
  • Video class: Lesson 4.1 : About Program Flow 04m
  • Exercise: What is the purpose of the instruction pointer in a CPU?
  • Video class: Lesson 4.2 : Functions, Methods, Routines 04m
  • Exercise: Every function...
  • Video class: Lesson 4.3 : About Arguments and Return Values 06m
  • Exercise: What is a function's role in programming discussed in the transcript?
  • Video class: Lesson 4.4 : About Syntax and Functions 04m
  • Exercise: What is the fundamental step in learning a programming language?
  • Video class: Lesson 5.1 : Writing your first program in C 20m
  • 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 program 06m
  • Exercise: What is the purpose of the 'include' statement in C programming?
  • Video class: Lesson 5.3 : Running your first program 04m
  • Exercise: How can you run a C program without downloading a compiler?
  • Video class: Typing and running your first program in CodeBlocks 07m
  • 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 numbers 10m
  • Exercise: What is a signed number?
  • Video class: Lesson 6.2 : The Basics of Numeric Overflow 06m
  • Exercise: What happens to a 3-bit number when it overflows?
  • Video class: Lesson 6.3 : Fractional numbers in binary 08m
  • Exercise: How are fractional numbers represented in binary?
  • Video class: Lesson 6.4 : Numeric Data Types in C 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 6.5 : The basics of ASCII and the char data type 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 6.6 : How numbers are encoded as characters in ASCII 05m
  • Video class: Lesson 6.7 : Maximum values for unsigned integers in C 07m
  • Video class: Lesson 6.8 : Minimum and maximum values of signed integers 10m
  • Video class: Lesson 7.1 : Introducing Variables 04m
  • Video class: Lesson 7.2 : The connection between function return values and variables 08m
  • Video class: Lesson 7.3 Terminating strings of text and other data 11m
  • Video class: Lesson 7.4 : More about the printf function and an introduction to placeholders 10m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.1 : Introducing arrays and pointers - part one 16m
  • Exercise: What is an array?
  • Video class: Lesson 8.2 : Introducing arrays and pointers - part two 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.3 : Introducing the pointer data type 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.4 : How to create a pointer in C 15m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.5 : Assigning a value to a pointer 08m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.6 : Getting the value stored at a memory address using a pointer 23m
  • Video class: Lesson 8.7 : A chance to practice and use what you have learned 04m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.1 : Using pointers for direct memory access and manipulation in C 19m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.2 : About changing the memory address contained within a pointer 11m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.3 : Pointers containing memory addresses of multi byte variables 34m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.4 : Pointers have memory addresses too 13m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.5 : Why do you need to learn pointers? 05m
  • Video class: Lesson 9.6 : Introducing the char* pointer 13m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.1 : Introducing constants and string literals in C 10m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.2 : Important review and clarifications 27m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.3 : More about strings and constants in C 16m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.4 : A new way to visualize RAM 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.5 : Introducing the character string as an array of characters in C 11m
  • Video class: Lesson 10.6 : Using a pointer to directly manipulate data in memory in C 15m
  • Video class: Lesson 11.1 : Introducing conditional flow statements 03m
  • Video class: Lesson 11.2 : The mechanisms for control flow statements 08m
  • Video class: Lesson 11.3 : Implementing a simple if statement in c 14m
  • Video class: Lesson 11.4 : More about if statements and logical operators 13m
  • Video class: Lesson 11.5 : Introducing Logical OR 05m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.1 : Introducing GOTO and Loops in C 09m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.2 : More about blocks of code and GOTO statements 04m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.3 : Introducing the While Loop in C 09m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.4 : Introducing Custom Functions in C 10m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.5 : Introducing Booleans 09m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.6 : Introducing Bitmasks 14m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.7 : Changing data using bitmasks 13m
  • Video class: Unit 12 Supplemental Video : Displaying data in memory as binary 06m
  • Video class: Lesson 12.8 : Introduction to data structures 09m
  • Video class: Lesson 13.1 : Introduction to Algorithm Design Part 1 13m
  • Video class: Lesson 13.2 : Basics of Algorithm Design Part 2 : Introducing the For Loop in C 11m
  • Video class: Lesson 13.2 : Supplemental : Printing Binary Data #2 12m
  • Video class: End of playlist 00m

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How do you write an include statement for the standard input/output library in C?

Use #include to access functions such as printf and scanf.

What happens to data stored in RAM when a computer is turned off?

RAM is volatile memory, so its contents are lost when power is removed.

How can I run my first C program online without installing a compiler?

Paste the code into an online C compiler or IDE, then compile and run it in your browser.

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