Hi all,<br><br>I appreciate it's quite far but some of you might be interested to hear that a friend of mine is running a course on C Programming at the Manchester Madlab. <br><br>If you've always wanted to learn C, then this is a great chance to learn from a very experienced C developer; who's been tirelessly working over the past few months to develop this incredible 2 day course.<br>
<br> <a href="http://s.madlab.org.uk/cfound1" target="_blank">http://s.madlab.org.uk/cfound1</a><br><br>Hope you're all doing well!<br><br>R.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Natalie Whittaker</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:office@madlab.org.uk" target="_blank">office@madlab.org.uk</a>></span><br>
Date: 21 February 2012 20:30<br>Subject: C Foundations<br>To: MadLab-organisers <<a href="mailto:madlab-organisers@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">madlab-organisers@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br>Dear MadLab organizers,<br>
<br>
Omniversity has added a new course you and the members of your group<br>
might be interested in. A hands-on introductory course to the C<br>
programming language called C Foundations run by Ian Johnson takes<br>
place on the 14th and 15th of April.<br>
<br>
C is one of the most ubiquitously used languages of all time due to<br>
the number of platforms for which compilers are available. Since its<br>
inception in 1969, and appearance in 1972 it has been the influence<br>
for other languages, e.g. C++, Objective-C, Java and C#, and can be<br>
used to create performant yet small implementations. C is an<br>
imperative and high-level language but allows programmers to achieve<br>
low-level activities easily; making hardware interfacing simple.<br>
Programmers will benefit if you have an interest in:<br>
▪ Boosting the performance of scripting language packages<br>
▪ Developing and using cross-platform libraries for your own or<br>
existing projects<br>
▪ Implementing embedded systems<br>
▪ Understanding or contributing to open-source operating systems, or<br>
▪ A wish to learn, or brush up on, one of the most widely used<br>
programming languages<br>
<br>
We expect that learners will have some programming experience; either<br>
hobbyists or some experience with other languages. You will have some<br>
understanding and feel for how programs are executed, and how to<br>
identify bugs in your programs.<br>
<br>
The fee of the course is £200.
Please bring a laptop computer with<br>
Windows, Linux or Mac OS installed.<br>
<br>
Ian Johnson is a software engineer and has used C both professionally<br>
and as a hobbyist since learning the language over 20 years ago. He<br>
has developed small projects, using C, and enterprise products with<br>
100s of thousands of lines of code. Ian also has an interest in<br>
embedded systems and has used C to control small electronic projects<br>
using PIC mircocontrollers.<br>
<br>
You can find more information here: <a href="http://s.madlab.org.uk/cfound1" target="_blank">http://s.madlab.org.uk/cfound1</a><br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Kaija-Luisa<br>
MadLab events coordinator<br>
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