Learn how to develop applications for the Linux environment. In this instructor-led course, you’ll get hands-on experience with the necessary tools and methods for Linux application development and learn about the features and techniques that are unique to Linux.
INSTRUCTOR-LED COURSE
Developing Applications For Linux (LFD401)
Who Is It For
This course is for experienced developers. Students should be proficient in C programming, and be familiar with basic Linux utilities and text editors.
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What You’ll Learn
In this course you will learn about the tools and methods for developing C programs and doing systems programming under Linux, debugging techniques, process management, Linux specific paid and system calls, and more.
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What It Prepares You For
This course will prepare you to develop applications for a Linux environment.
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Introduction
- Who You Are
- The Linux Foundation
- Copyright and No Confidential Information
- Linux Foundation Training
- Certification Programs and Digital Badging
- Linux Distributions
- Platforms
- Preparing Your System
- Using and Downloading a Virtual Machine
- Things Change in Linux and Open Source Projects
Preliminaries
- Standards and the LSB
How to Work in OSS Projects **
- Know Where the Code is Coming From: DCO and CLA
- Stay Close to Mainline for Security and Quality
- Study and Understand the Project DNA
- Figure Out What Itch You Want to Scratch
- Identify Maintainers and Their Work Flows and Methods
- Get Early Input and Work in the Open
- Contribute Incremental Bits, Not Large Code Dumps
- Leave Your Ego at the Door: Don’t Be Thin-Skinned
- Be Patient, Develop Long Term Relationships, Be Helpful
Compilers
- Other Compilers
- Major gcc Options
- Preprocessor
- Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
- Labs
Libraries
- Shared Libraries
- Linking To Libraries
- Dynamic Linking Loader
- Labs
Make
- Building large projects
- More complicated rules
- Built-in rules
- Labs
Source Control
- RCS and CVS
- Subversion
- git
- Labs
Debugging and Core Dumps
- What are Core Dump Files?
- Producing Core Dumps
- Examining Core Dumps
- Labs
Debugging Tools
- Profiling and Performance
- valgrind
- Address Sanitizer
- Labs
System Calls
- How System Calls are Made
- Return Values and Error Numbers
- Labs
Memory Management and Allocation
- Dynamical Allocation
- Tuning malloc()
- Locking Pages
- Labs
Files and Filesystems in Linux **
- The Virtual File System
- The ext2/ext3 Filesystem
- Journaling Filesystems
- The ext4/ Filesystem
- Labs
File I/O
- Opening and Closing
- Reading, Writing and Seeking
- Positional and Vector I/O
- Standard I/O Library
- Large File Support (LFS)
- Labs
Advanced File Operations
- Directory Functions
- inotify
- Memory Mapping
- flock() and fcntl()
- Making Temporary Files
- Other System Calls
- Labs
Processes - I
- Process Limits
- Process Groups
- The proc Filesystem
- Inter-Process Communication Methods
- Labs
Processes - II
- Using fork() to Create a Process
- Using exec() to Create a Process
- Using clone()
- Exiting
- Constructors and Destructors
- Waiting
- Daemon Processes
- Labs
Pipes and Fifos
- popen() and pclose()
- pipe()
- Named Pipes (FIFOs)
- splice(), vmsplice() and tee()
- Labs
Asynchronous I/O**
- The POSIX Asynchronous I/O API
- Linux Implementation
- Labs
Signals - I
- Signals Available
- Dispatching Signals
- Alarms, Pausing and Sleeping
- Setting up a Signal Handler
- Signal Sets
- sigaction()
- Labs
Signals - II
- Jumping and Non-Local Returns
- siginfo and sigqueue()
- Real Time Signals
- Labs
POSIX Threads - I
- Basic Program Structure
- Creating and Destroying Threads
- Signals and Threads
- Forking vs. Threading
- Labs
POSIX Threads - II
- Mutex Operations
- Semaphores
- Futexes
- Conditional Operations
- Labs
Networking and Sockets
- What are Sockets?
- Stream Sockets
- Datagram Sockets
- Raw Sockets
- Byte Ordering
- Labs
Sockets - Addresses and Hosts
- Converting IP Addresses
- Host Information
- Labs
Sockets - Ports and Protocols
- Protocol Information
- Labs
Sockets - Clients
- socket()
- connect()
- close() and shutdown()
- UNIX Client
- Internet Client
- Labs
Sockets - Servers
- bind()
- listen()
- accept()
- UNIX Server
- Internet Server
- Labs
Sockets - Input/Output Operations
- send(), recv()
- sendto(), recvfrom()
- sendmsg(), recvmsg()
- sendfile()
- socketpair()
- Labs
Sockets - Options
- fcntl()
- ioctl()
- getsockopt() and setsockopt()
- Labs
Netlink Sockets**
- Opening a netlink Socket
- netlink Messages
- Labs
Sockets - Multiplexing and Concurrent Servers
- select()
- poll()
- pselect() and ppoll()
- epoll
- Signal Driven and Asynchronous I/O
- Concurrent Servers
- Labs
Inter Process Communication
- POSIX IPC
- System V IPC**
- Labs
Shared Memory
- POSIX Shared Memory
- System V Shared Memory**
- Labs
Semaphores
- POSIX Semaphores
- System V Semaphores**
- Labs
Message Queues
- POSIX Message Queues
- System V Message Queues**
- Labs
Closing and Evaluation Survey
Prerequisites
Sep 2022
John B. was very knowledgeable, and I appreciated his ability to answer most questions with real world applications. His knowledge of the Linux kernel also helped explain how/why certain things work the way they do.
Sep 2022
Instructor was fantastic!
Sep 2022
Instructor was great!
Sep 2022
John was very friendly, and was able to answer questions about the course in a way that was easy to digest and understand.
Sep 2022
The exposure to the Linux API was well organized. The labs really helped solidify some of the more intimidating topics, such as threads and concurrency in Linux.
$3250
Jun, 12 - 15, 2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm US/Central
Virtual, Instructor-Led
GUARANTEED This course has reached its minimum class size and is guaranteed to run on the scheduled date.
Aug, 28 - 31, 2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm US/Central
Virtual, Instructor-Led
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Live Online (Virtual) or Live (Classroom)
4 days of Instructor-led class time
Hands-on Labs & Assignments
Resources & Course Manual
Certificate of Completion
Digital Badge
