Boost Your C Programming Skills with These Expert Tips 💻

A quick run through of some tips for programming in C that have helped with my productivity and enjoyment of the language.

Referenced in this video:

Anthony Calandra, Summary of features introduced in each C version
https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-c-features

Tim Cain, Why I Left Fallout 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGfaCXEu0tE

Lucas Sardois, Generational Indexes:
https://lucassardois.medium.com/generational-indices-guide-8e3c5f7fd594

Andre Weissflog, "Handles Are The Better Pointers"
https://floooh.github.io/2018/06/17/handles-vs-pointers.html

Function to force the debugger to break:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/173618/is-there-a-portable-equivalent-to-debugbreak-debugbreak

My videos about Allocators and Arenas:
https://youtu.be/GZ6PuLikw84
https://youtu.be/hI9aN8ZG4vg

If you're interested, I also produce a paid programming fundamentals course at https://thesimplejoyofprogramming.com

0:00-2:19 Introduction
2:19-7:40 C Standards & Versions
7:40-8:40 Compiler Flags
8:40-11:58 Unity Build
11:58-16:22 Debugger
16:22-20:01 ASAN
20:01-28:03 Arrays & Strings
28:03-30:52 Pointers
30:52-34:40 Arenas