looking for online howtos/tutorials for newbie developers

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 04:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Trevor Smith wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:44:31 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > 
> > >  i'm interested in collecting some online tutorials that cover introductory
> > >development using gcc.  things like basic gcc, simple options, how libraries
> > ...
> > >  and, of course, all of this to be done under linux.  thanks.
> > 
> > I'm taking a course this semester on C development in a GNU linux
> > environment. The course web site is:
> > 
> > http://www.cs.dal.ca/~dirk/2132/2132.html
> > 
> > 
> > The recommended texts are:
> > 
> > K. N. King, C Programming: A Modern Approach, (Norton, 1996).
> > 
> > K. Reek, Pointers on C, (Addison Wesley, 1997).
> > 
> > B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, second
> > edition, (Prentice Hall, 1988).
> 
> i'm familiar with only the last one, but remember, i'm not looking
> for howtos on programming in C; i'm interested in docs that describe
> the entire development environment in linux using the GNU toolset
> for people who most likely already know how to program in C, perhaps
> coming from a windows environment, and need to know how all the GNU
> tools work together. 
> 
> as i mentioned, there is the book "programming with gnu software" from
> o'reilly, but it's getting fairly dated (1995).  in a perfect world,
> there would be a book like "open source development tools", covering
> things like gcc, how libraries work, linkers, make, the autotools,
> and so on.  sadly, i don't see one out there.
> 
There are many books out there that cover the subject.  Let me list a
couple:

1. Linux Programming by Example (by Kurt Wall)
2. Linux Programming Unleashed 2nd Edition (by Kurt Wall)

What I recommend especially if you like coffee:
Find your favorite technical bookstore serving coffee and browse the
through the literature on Linux Programming.
My favorites book stores here in the US are
-- BORDERS Books
-- Barnes and Nobles Books
-- Books a Million

What I do is browse the literature with an awesome cup of Java and
select the most suitable books.





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> 
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