Beginning Linux Programming, 3rd Edition
Neil Matthew, Richard Stones, Alan Cox (Foreword by)
ISBN: 978-0-7645-4497-2
Paperback
888 pages
What is this book about?
If you have some programming experience and are ready to venture into Linux programming, this updated edition of the bestselling entry-level book takes you there. The authors guide you step by step, using construction of a CD database application to give you hands-on experience as you progress from the basic to the complex. You’ll start with fundamental concepts like writing Unix programs in C. You’ll learn basic system calls, file I/O, inter-process communication, and shell programming. You’ll become skilled with the tool kits and libraries for working with user interfaces.
The book starts from the basics, explaining how to compile and run your first program. New to this edition are chapters on MySQL® access and administration; programming GNOME and KDE; and Linux standards for portable applications. Coverage of kernel programming, device drivers, CVS, grep, and GUI development environments has expanded. This book gives you practical knowledge for real world application.
What does this book cover?
In this book, you will learn how to
Develop programs to access files and the Linux environment
Use the GNU compiler, debugger and other development tools
Program data storage applications for MySQL and DBM database systems
Write programs that take advantage of signals, processes and threads
Build graphical user interfaces using both the GTK (for GNOME) and Qt (for KDE) libraries
Write device drivers that can be loaded into the Linux kernel
Access the network using TCP/IP sockets
Write scripts that use grep, regular expressions and other Linux facilities
Who is this book for?
This book is for programmers with some C or C++ experience, who want to take advantage of the Linux development environment. You should have enough Linux familiarity to have installed and configured users on Linux.
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