Get up and running quickly with Ncruses programming. This tutorial covers all the basics, from configuring Ncurses to coding multi-window, full-screen applications for the text mode, terminal window. You must have a foundation in C programming and be familiar with the terminal shell, such as bash.

This book has all the information and entertainment you'd expect from a Gookin book. From the author and creator of the original For Dummies title, "DOS For Dummies," as well as multitudinous other books, including "Beginning Programming With C For Dummies."