Coding Voyage: From Mind to Code

Copyright Page

1. Joint Authorship
2. Copyright Declaration
3. Permitted Uses

Introduction: What This Book Will Make Clear

1. What This Book Is Not
2. What This Book Is
3. What We Will Cover
4. How to Read This Book
5. The Authors’ Perspective
6. A Note on Language
7. A Note on AI and Learning
8. What You Will Become
9. If You Cannot Afford This Book

Author Interview: Meet the Three Voices Behind This Book

A Small Theater: The First Meeting

Chapter 1: How Does a Computer Actually Work?

1. 1.1 The Skeleton: CPU, Memory, Storage, Motherboard
2. 1.2 L’s “Terminology Breakdown Corner”
3. 1.3 Hands-On: Look at Your Own Computer

1.1 Information Literacy: What Did You Actually Learn?

1. The Three-Sentence Rule
2. The “Why Should I Care?” Section
3. Quick Quiz: Can You Pass the “Grandma Test”?
4. A Real Problem: Can You Spot the Mistake?
5. One More: The “Price” Question
6. The Takeaway: What You Should Remember from This Chapter
7. Onward to Chapter 2

1.2 The Value Cube: How to Learn Anything (Including Code)

1. The Psychologist’s Question
2. What This Means for Learning Code
3. The Grandma Test (Revisited)
4. The “Why Do I Need to Know This?” Moment
5. A Real Example: Learning Pointers
6. The “Second Brain” Method
7. The One Question to Ask Yourself
8. Practice: Five Exercises to Train Your Learning Method
9. Onward to Chapter 2

Chapter 2: First Contact — The C Language

1. 2.1 Why C? A Brief History
2. 2.2 Where Does C Fit in the Language Family?
3. 2.3 Your First C Program
4. 2.4 Line-by-Line Breakdown
5. 2.5 Variables: Putting Things in Memory
6. 2.6 Printing Variables: printf with Placeholders
7. 2.7 Getting Input: scanf
8. 2.8 Doing Something: A Simple Calculation
9. 2.8.1 Break It on Purpose
10. 2.9 What You’ve Learned in This Chapter
11. 2.10 Practice: You Build Something
12. 2.11 T’s Information Literacy Summary
13. 2.12 Value Cube: Understanding C — Its History, Power, and Limits

Chapter 3: Variables, Memory, and Writing Safe Code

1. 3.1 Memory Is Just a Big List of Numbers
2. 3.2 Every Variable Has Three Properties
3. 3.3 How Much Memory Does Each Type Use?
4. 3.4 Memory Layout: How Variables Are Arranged
5. 3.5 The Stack: Where Local Variables Live
6. 3.6 What Are Reserved Words (Keywords)?
7. 3.7 What Are Header Files?
8. 3.8 Creating Your Own Header File
9. 3.9 <> vs ““ — What’s the Difference?
10. 3.10 Naming Conventions: How to Write Readable Code
11. 3.11 Memory Safety: How Variables Affect Security
12. 3.12 The Golden Rules of Safe Variable Usage
13. L’s Quick Interruption
14. Practice: Explore Your Own Memory
15. T’s Information Literacy Summary
16. Chapter 3 Checklist
17. 3.12 T’s Information Literacy Summary
18. 3.13 Value Cube: The Story of Variables — From Math to Memory to Security