Computer Science 2211b Software Tools and Systems Programming

Software Tools & Systems Programming Lectures:Tu 3:30-4:30pm, Th 3:30-5:30pm in MC 105b  Interim Instructor: Ali Hamou – Office: MC 30 – Tel: ext – – Office Hours: TBA  Professor: Mahmoud El-Sakka  TA: Liviu-Cornel Tinta  TA: Walid Ibrahim

How to Keep Informed  Announcements  Assignments  Lecture notes  Marks  Class information  Supplemental information Your account at UWO  Important notices  Assignment receipts  Forward your if you don’t check it regularly

Texts and References M. G. Sobell, UNIX System V: A Practical Guide. – An introduction to Unix – A manual to use Unix K. N. King, C Programming: A Modern Approach. – About C Programming, a little about C++. Both books are required Both are available in the UWO book store, the used book store, and in the Taylor library on 2 hour reserve

Two Keywords for the Course  Unix – an operating system (OS) – e.g. Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Irix, Unicos, Dynix, Free/Open/Net BSD, Linux (Fedora, Mandriva) … – commonalities with DOS, Windows, OS X,... – has many unique features – widely used in universities and corporations  C – a programming language – relationship to C++ and Java

Unix vs. Windows Similar things – files vs. files – processes vs. processes (running programs) – shells vs. command prompt windows – utilities vs. software applications Differences – multiple users – more stable – more features of shells  programming  pipes and redirection  regular expressions

Java vs. C Java 1. A programming language 2. Object oriented 3. Garbage collector 4. No pointers 5. Better programming style, security 6. High level programming C 1. A programming language 2. Function oriented 3. Manage your own memory 4. Pointers 5. Easier to bring down your system 6. Low level programming

Student Evaluation  5 Assignments: 40% – Lowest one dropped  Midterm: 20% – Optional? Risk analysis!!  Final exam: 40% A necessary condition to be passing or higher : Must get 40% on the final and on the average of your assignments.

Assignments  Assignments involve – Concept questions (non-programming) – Shell programming – C programming  Programming assignments must be able to run on the departmental computing equipment – You may develop assignments on your home computer. – It takes time to get it work at a different environment.

Assignments  All assignments will be available on the course website. – Please monitor these pages closely for updates, corrections  Assignments are to be done individually. – Never let others look at your assignments. – Do not ask to look at others’ assignments. – We use automated tools to screen for cheating.

Assignment Submission Policy  Assignments are required to be submitted on paper and/or electronically – Code – electronic – Assignment Submission form in the locker  Assignments due – 9:00pm on the due date  Late assignments – Accepted for up to two days after the deadlines – Late penalty of 10% of the available marks per day

Ethical Conduct  You should read the definition and penalties of scholastic offences at: fences.shtml  Students are expected to adhere to the Rules of Ethical Conduct to use the computing facilities of the Department: