Debugging C programs using the powerful GNU Debugger (GDB). Learn essential GDB commands for setting breakpoints, stepping through code, inspecting variables and memory, analyzing stack traces, using watchpoints, and debugging core dumps.
Low-level system programming using C. Learn about system calls, direct memory manipulation, file descriptors, and interacting closely with the operating system for maximum control and performance.
Learn essential techniques to optimize your C code for maximum speed and efficiency. Explore profiling tools, compiler flags, data locality, algorithmic choices, loop optimizations, and more to make your C programs run faster.
Learn how independent processes written in C can communicate and share data on Unix-like systems using various Inter-Process Communication (IPC) mechanisms. Explore pipes, FIFOs, shared memory, and message queues with conceptual explanations and basic usage patterns.