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Quite some time ago I taught a class in beginners "C" - the class was all programmers from many other languages (and at that time, only 'C' was 'C-like'.

The first learning assignment I'd give them was a command line exercise. Get a character from the keyboard and print it to the command line. Then, extend it so that you can delete from the end; and from the middle. Finally, moved on to numbers only. These days, of course, mouse-input is the thing - but the idea is to get used to how many steps it takes to do even a little thing that they took for granted. Exercise two was to create a clock.

The above suggestion, get a book and do the exercises, is a good starting point - but you should have some sort of exercise of your own:  making something that is fun - possibly extensible as you learn.   (This also teaches you the pleasures of feature-creep).

Teaching myself 'C', my little fun project was a drawing tool used on an EGA text-mode screen. It was in this exercise that my style changed from using C but thinking in FORTRAN to actually programming in C. So - beginners project should be something that's a bit of fun. Open ended for embellishment. You get the additional lessons on how your idea of the right way to do things changes as you gain experience.



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