Developing Applications For Linux

This course is designed to help experienced developers get up to speed quickly on how to develop applications for a Linux environment. 

In this course you will learn: 

• The tools and methods for developing C programs and doing systems programming under Linux.
• Debugging techniques and process management.
• Linux specific paid and system calls
• And more.

Prerequisites
This course is for experienced developers. Students should be proficient in C programming, and be familiar with basic Linux utilities and text editors.

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• Compilers
• Libraries
• Make
• Source Control
• Debugging and Core Dumps
• Debugging Tools
• System Calls
• Memory Management and Allocation
• Files and Filesystems in Linux
• File I/O
• Advanced File Operations
• Processes - I
• Processes - II
• Pipes and Fifos
• Asynchronous I/O**
• Signals - I
• Signals - II
• POSIX Threads - I
• POSIX Threads - II
• Networking and Sockets
• Sockets - Addresses and Hosts
• Sockets - Ports and Protocols
• Sockets - Clients
• Sockets - Servers
• Sockets - Input/Output Operations
• Sockets - Options
• Netlink Sockets
• Sockets - Multiplexing and Concurrent Servers
• Inter Process Communication
• Shared Memory
• Semaphores
• Message Queues

** These sections may be considered in part or in whole as optional. They contain either background reference material, specialized topics, or advanced subjects. The instructor may choose to cover or not cover them depending on classroom experience and time constraints.

HSG courses are taught by the experienced instructors who are proven experts in their field. Our instructors are highly knowledgeable, friendly, reliable and inspiring. They speak and teach industry's best practices and often customize classes to meet individual needs.



Students are encouraged to ask questions and participate in discussions and training-labs.