Applied computer science: Practical exercises for learning to program in the C language

This manual offers a practical approach to learning the C programming language through applied exercises. It emphasizes the fundamental process of acquiring programming skills by actively coding, compiling, debugging, and improving simple programs. Structured in progressive stages, it covers essential theoretical concepts, starting from basic computer architecture, data types, variables, and control structures, and advancing through functions, recursion, pointers, arrays, matrices, and strings. Designed specifically for beginners, the manual guides students from basic syntax errors towards the confident creation and optimization of their own programs. The pedagogical method combines theoretical explanations with practical solved examples to facilitate understanding and mastery of programming fundamentals.