1. CS1S467 GUI Programming
Lab Introduction

2. I am Peter Plassmann peter.plassmann@southwales.ac.uk
J226 (office) / J150 (lab)
01443 /

3. Today RU Here Module content Programming language / environment
Your first 2 programs

4. https://ruhere.southwales.ac.uk/

5. RFID Card Readers (Various Appearances)

6. RU Here Card

7. Electronic register

8. Timetable You Lectures Labs
1 hour lecture
Mondays, 11:00 to 12:00, H230
Labs
2 hours lab
Thursdays, 15:00 to 17:00, J113
You
should all be Information Communications Technology (ICT) students

9. Assessment No Exam But: 2 Courseworks We know, you must be gutted...
In labs, programming tasks
CW 1: 40%
CW 2: 60%
To pass: CW1 * CW2 *0.6 > 40%

10. Module Content
Blackboard tour now (content, assignments, books, resources, labs, ...)

11. We Are Using C#
C ‘dialect’ by MS (derived from J++ but a $20 million legal dispute later…)
C is most popular programming language (Java, C# 2nd)
Identical principle, different implementation:
C# under .NET
Java under JVM (Java Virtual Machine)

12. We Are Using Visual Studio 2015
‘Community’ Edition at home (free to download)
‘Enterprise’ Edition in the Labs (compatible to the ‘Community’ version, just more features we won’t need / use in this module)
Subject to Change

13. In Lab 1 this Week Introduction to C# under VS
2 examples (using YouTube tutorials)
a Console I/O application
a Windows GUI application

14. Now Go to Blackboard ‘Learning Materials’ page ‘Lab’ column for week 1
Open the ‘Task Sheet’ and follow instructions