Linux Programming for Developers: From Basics to Advanced System Interfaces - Softcover

Park, Owen

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798274345866

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Master the art of Linux systems programming with Linux Programming for Developers, a comprehensive and practical guide that takes you from foundational concepts to advanced system interfaces. This book is written for developers who want to understand what really happens inside the Linux operating system and how to harness its full power through the C programming language.

Starting with the essentials of the Linux environment and toolchain, you will learn how to work directly with system calls, file descriptors, processes, memory, and threads. Each topic is explained with clear examples that you can compile, run, and modify to deepen your understanding. The book builds logically from the basics to advanced topics such as interprocess communication, signals, socket programming, and synchronization.

In the final sections, you will apply everything you have learned to build complete real-world projects, including a multithreaded web server and a custom Linux shell. By the end, you will not only know how Linux works but also how to engineer efficient, stable, and scalable system-level software.

Whether you are a C developer, DevOps engineer, or a software professional working with Python, Go, or Java, this book will help you understand how your code interacts with the operating system beneath it. The result is deeper insight, stronger debugging skills, and the ability to design programs that perform efficiently in any environment.

Linux Programming for Developers is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to go beyond surface-level coding and become a true systems programmer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798274345866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 422