Certified C Programming Developer

• Recap of syntax, compilation process, linking
• C standards (ANSI C, C99, C11)

• Enums, typedefs, static, extern, register
• Scope & lifetime of variables

• Pointer arithmetic, pointer to pointer
• Const pointers vs pointer to const

• malloc, calloc, realloc, free
• Common memory issues (leaks, dangling pointers)

• Build a dynamic array (vector-like implementation)

• Call by value vs call by reference
• Inline functions, recursion best practices

• String.h functions, manual implementations
• Character arrays vs pointers for strings

• Creating libraries (static & dynamic)
• Best practices for reusable code

• Callbacks, array of function pointers
• Practical examples (menu-driven systems)

• String library implementation (custom strcpy, strcat, etc.)

• Nested structures, bit fields
• Memory layout and alignment

• Singly, doubly, circular linked lists
• Insert, delete, traverse operations

• Implementation using arrays & linked lists
• Applications in expression evaluation

• Binary trees, traversals
• Graph representation (adjacency list/matrix)

• Student Record Management System using linked list

• fopen, fread, fwrite, fseek, fclose
• Text vs binary files

• errno, perror, custom error reporting
• Robust code practices

• Macros, conditional compilation, include guards
• Inline vs macro functions

• Bitwise operations
• Variable argument functions (stdarg.h)

• File-based Inventory Management System

• Command line arguments
• Environment variables

• Stack vs heap, process vs thread basics
• Basics of signals in C

• gdb usage, breakpoints, watchpoints
• Valgrind for memory leaks

• Code efficiency, inline assembly basics
• Defensive programming

• Implement a simple command-line shell (mini-shell)

•    Groups/individual selection
•    Real-world problem mapping

• Code design, modular breakdown

• Testing, debugging, integration

• README, commenting standards
• Preparing demo

• Students present project
• Evaluation on functionality, code quality, teamwork