The Unofficial C For Dummies Website

This page supports the C programming books written by Dan Gookin, as well as the C language training courses offered online at LinkedIn Learning. All coders are welcome.

I have been unwillingly retired from my book-writing and online-training careers, thanks to AI. Hopefully, I will create more material in the future. Even so, this site will remain active through 2029.

Recent Lessons

π Day 2026: March 14, 2026 Calculating the value of π, this time by using the Leibniz Formula.
The Final Task for Mousing Around: March 7, 2026 Point. Click. And Type.
Accessing the Mouse in a Terminal Window: February 28, 2026 Time to put the mouse to work!
Storing and Interpreting Mouse Input: February 21, 2026 Mouse input must be captured, stored, and read for a program to make use of the mouse data.
Where is the Mouse?: February 14, 2026 Monitoring mouse movement is possible, but presents some ugly problems.

Lessons are posted each Saturday; see the blog for all the Lessons

This Month's Exercise

What is the Largest Value?: March 1, 2026 Yes! Another math problem solved by a computer instead of in your brain.

Exercises are posted on the first of the month; see the blog for all the Exercises

Current Titles

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For support on my older C titles: Beginning C Programming, C All-In-One reference and C For Dummies.

Online Training

Online training is provided through Linkedin Learning, a subscription service. Click here to see my available courses. New courses are frequently available and updated.

"For Dummies" is a trademark or registered trademark of John Wiley.
This site is the online companion to the various
C language titles written by Dan Gookin.