Well buckle up buttercup because we’re about to take a wild ride through the world of terminal libraries!
To kick things off, what is ncurses you ask? It’s basically a library that allows us to write text-based user interfaces for our programs. You know those old DOS games where everything was just text and no fancy graphics? That’s because they used something like this. But instead of being limited to 80×25 characters, we can now create full-blown applications with ncurses!
So how do you use it in C programming? Well, let me show you an example script that I found on the internet (don’t worry, I won’t bore you with technical details). This program simply prints out a message and waits for the user to press any key before clearing the screen.

// This script uses the ncurses library to create a simple program that prints a message and waits for user input before clearing the screen.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ncurses.h>

int main(void) {
    initscr();	// initialize ncurses library
    printw("Hello, world!\n");	// print a message using ncurses printw function
    getch();			// wait for user input using ncurses getch function
    clear();			// clear the screen using ncurses clear function
    move(0, 0);			// move cursor to top left corner using ncurses move function
    endwin();			// exit ncurses mode
    return 0;
}

Now let’s break down what each line does. First we include the necessary header files for standard input/output and ncurses. Then we define our main function which is where all of our code will run. Inside this function, we initialize ncurses with `initscr()`. Next, we print out a message using `printw(“Hello, world!\n”)` (note the newline character at the end). We then wait for user input with `getch()`, clear the screen with `clear()`, and move to the top left corner with `move(0, 0)`. Finally, we exit ncurses mode with `endwin()` and return 0.
A simple example of how to use ncurses in C programming. But don’t let this fool you, ncurses is a powerful library that can be used for much more complex applications.