1 4/11/98 Welcome to CSE 143 Martin Dickey University of Washington Spring 1998 Slides based upon those of Ben Dugan, Winter 1998

2 4/11/98 Today’s Topics  Course Overview  Administrative Information  Introduction To C++  Stream-Based I/O

3 4/11/98 Course Overview (part I)  A direct continuation of 142  Review old 142 exams to see if you're ready!  More advanced programming  Software engineering concepts  Abstraction, modularity, information hiding  Abstract data types  Data Structures  Lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables  Dynamic memory management

4 4/11/98 Course Overview (part II)  Recursion  Algorithms  Searching, Sorting  Performance Analysis  Object-Oriented Programming  Note: No mention so far of C++ (nor of C, Ada, etc)

5 4/11/98 Textbooks  Required: Headington and Riley, Data Abstraction and Structures Using C++, DC Heath,  Course packet: W98 lecture slides  Recommended: Lippman, C++ Primer, Addison-Wesley, 1991 (but don't rush out...)  Readings (to be done before lecture) are marked in Web lecture schedule and lecture slides.

6 4/11/98 Grading Approximate percentages:  5 projects35%  Two midterm exams15% each  Final exam25%  4-6 quizzes5%  Other5%

7 4/11/98 Course Web   Course Information  Mailing List Archives  Lab, Office Hours  Programming Assignments, Quizzes, Exams  Links to Previous Quarters  And lots more Check it frequently!

8 4/11/98 Compilers  Full Support:  IPL (Sieg 323), Windows 95, and MSVC  Home platforms with this configuration  Partial Support:  Borland C++  MSVC++ Version 4  Macintosh (Sieg Mac lab or others)  UNIX with GNU g++ compiler

9 4/11/98 What Does Support Mean?  Full support means we will:  Help you solve system problems  Provide sample executables  Provide consultants support in IPL  Partial support means we will:  Help with problems as we can  No guarantees of sample executables

10 4/11/98 Mailing Lists Class announcements made by staff General discussion and questions Section-specific discussion and questions Platform-specific discussion and questions  See web page for subscription information: subscribe to at least the 4 above.  Archive of mailing lists on web

11 4/11/98 Mail Aliases  (or Send mail to instructor  Send mail to instructor, all TAs, and all consultants  Anonymous feedback form on the web

12 4/11/98 Quiz Sections  Purposes  Answer questions, clarify homework  Quizzes, midterm exams  Enrichment of material from lecture  New material presentation  Attendance is expected

13 4/11/98 Staff  Teaching Assistants:  Shuichi Koga (Head TA)  Ruth Anderson  Jason Hartline  David Pate  Saurabh Sinha  Eric Youngblut  Consultants:  Nathan Anderson  John Naegle  John Volgelsberg  Kevin Yu  Instructional Technologist  Dan Boren