SFWRENG 2XC3

Software Engineering Practice and Experience: Development Basics

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · Sfwr Eng Practice & Experience · C01

Readings

eText C Programming: A Modern Approach - Lifetime Access Ed: 2
King · 2 · Required
ISBN 9781324120797; 9780393979503

Fall 2026 · L05

The CI Pipeline: Continuous integration, the Linux environment, Linux file systems, the C environment.
The CI Pipeline: Version control, Git and GitHub, workflows, a little bit more C.
Linux: Standard input/output/error, redirection, here docs and strings, pipes and filters, bash scripting basics, creating new filters in C and bash.
Linux: Regular expressions, effective use of grep, more bash scripting.
Programming in C: preprocessor, compiler, linker, type system, expressions, control structures.
Programming in C: Functions, program structure, pointers, recursion, header files, makefiles, unit testing, coverage analysis.
Programming in C: Arrays, pointers, pointer arithmetic
Programming in C: Dynamic array allocation, memory management
Advanced Git: Branching, merging, branching strategies Programming in C: Performance analysis, optimization, preprocessor directives, macros
Programming in C: Strings
Programming in C: Structs and linked lists

C Programming: A Modern Approach, Second Edition
K. N. King · 2008 · Second · Required
Norton & Company
The Linux Command Line
William E. Shotts Jr. · 2019 · Required
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxcommand/files/TLCL/19.01/TLCL-19.01.pdf/download
Pro Git
Scott Chacon and Ben Straub · Required
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
Official Git Documentation
Required
https://git-scm.com/doc
Handouts, Slides, Examples, Readings, and Class Notes
Required
C Programming: A Modern Approach, Second Edition Authors: K. N. King Publisher: Norton & Company Publication Date: 2008 Edition: Second
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C: 1, 2.1-2.3 L: 1-5, 12
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C: 5.1-5.2 G: Git Basics, Pro Git 1-2
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C: 2.4-2.8, 3, 6.1, 6.4
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L: 19, pp. 402-407
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C: 4, 5.3, 6.2-6.3,7
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C: 9 (skip pp. 195-201), 11.1-11.4, 15
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C: 8, 12, pp. 195-201
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C: 17.1, 17.3, 17.4
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C: 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 (pp. 334-335) G: Pro Git 3
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C: 13, 17.2
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C: 16.1-16.3, 17.5-17.6
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G: Pro Git 5-6
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The C Test TBA (30%)
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Fall 2026

Fall 2025 · Sfwr Eng Practice & Experience · C01

Etext C Programming: A Modern Approach - Lifetime Access Ed: 2
King · 2 · Required
ISBN 9781324120797; 9780393979503

Sources