Creating my own library of functions?

[StuntMonkeh]

I have just started out programming and I have an STM32VL board.

There are a number of functions I have written in the main.c that I want to put in my own library. How do I go about doing that?

All I can figure out is that I need a '.h' and '.c' file for the library.

Can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks.

 

[allsey87]

Hi StuntMonkeh,

The following link is a 101 tutorial and discussion about modular programming in the C language.

https://www.embedded.com/design/prototyping-and-development/4023876/Modular-Programming-in-C

 

[ausrasul]

Also make sure your functions are reusable and testable.
So put some effort on the comments (self documentation) and include some test functions and lot of error handling and wrapping.
it is quite basic, but that's how I did it.

Besides that, I suggest you check some existing frameworks to understand how the mainstream programmers logic, formatting and library building goes, it helps you build a maintainable programs and also better chance for jobs where you debug other's codes.