Linux(r) Programming For Dummies(r) is the fast and easy way to get up-to speed on designing, developing, and debugging programs on the Linux platform. For a sample from the book go to: www.dummies.com/extras/linuxprog.html

Jim Keogh is the chair of the Software Development for Electronic Commerce track at Columbia University and the author of more than 40 computer books.

Introduction

1

(6)

Part I: A Beginner's Introduction to Linux Programming

7

(46)

Checking Out How Linux Programming Works

9

(14)

Designing Your First User Interface

23

(10)

Writing Your First Linux Program

33

(20)

Part II: The Basics of Writing Code

53

(34)

Getting Indecisive with Variables

55

(10)

Interfacing with the User

65

(10)

Who Were Those Masked Operators?

75

(12)

Part III: Making Decisions

87

(22)

The if, if else, and if elif Statements

89

(10)

The case Statement

99

(6)

Nested Control Structures

105

(4)

Part IV: Loops and Loops

109

(24)

The while Loop

111

(8)

The for in Loop

119

(6)

Nested Loops and Quick Exits

125

(8)

Part V: Writing Subprograms

133

(36)

Waxing Efficient with Functions (So You Don't Have to Retype Code!)

135

(10)

Getting Down with Subprograms

145

(14)

Understanding Arguments ... Not the Ones with Your Mother-in-Law

159

(10)

Part VI: Database Programs and Printing

169

(20)

Working with Database Files

171

(12)

Making Your Program Print Stuff Out

183

(6)

Part VII: Debugging Your Program

189

(20)

Getting Chatty with Comments

191

(6)

Stamping Out Bugs in Your Program

197

(12)

Part VIII: Automating E-Mail

209

(36)

Getting Goofy with E-Mail

211

(16)

Automatic E-Mailing

227

(18)

Part IX: The Part of Tens

245

(28)

Ten of the Most Useful Linux Utilities

247

(10)

Ten Sources of More Linux Programming Information

257

(6)

Ten Linux Programming Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else

263

(10)

Part X: Appendixes

273

(56)

Appendix A: Glossary

275

(10)

Appendix B: When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Piece of vi

285

(18)

Appendix C: Shell Conversion

303

(4)

Appendix D: Linux Programming Exercises

307

(20)

Appendix E: Surfing for Sample Code

327

(2)

Index

329

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