Additional Resources for CSE 271

UNIX

• Very basic set of UNIX commands and ideas to get you started quickly.
• A one page GNU Emacs Reference Card.

C Programming

• Frequently asked questions about C programming.
• Learning the differences between C and C++ (for those who already know C++).
• The Top 10 Ways to get screwed by the "C" programming language.
• Dennis Ritchie's 1993 paper on The Development of the C Language.
• The GNU Make Manual is a pretty complete reference for make and Makefiles. Some shorter guides include A short guide to Makefiles and Guide: Makefiles.
• A good discussion of pointers can be found in Simple Pointers (Chapter 13 of Practical C Programming, 3rd ed).
• More commentary on how to comment code.
• A one page GDB Reference Card.

Shell Programming

• Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours
• The GNU Bash Reference Manual
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
• To learn more about regular expressions, see Using Regular Expressions by Stephen Ramsay from the Univ. of Virginia, the Regular Expressions tutorial from Linux-Learn.org, and for those interested in web applications, Regular Expressions from Zytrax.com.

Other resources

• A wonderful computer languages timeline, and a similarly detailed one for unix timeline and ancestry.
• The Lehigh student chapter of the ACM has regular educational meetings and hangs out on IRC channel #acm on acm.cse.lehigh.edu. Many of them are C and UNIX experts.
• A live CD that can run X-windows, cygwin, bash, and many utilities common on UNIX.
• Wikibooks has a well-regarded online book on LaTeX.