1. CS-2303 System Programming Concepts
Professor Hugh C. Lauer
(Slides include materials from The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie, Absolute C++, by Walter Savitch, The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition, by Bjarne Stroustrup, and from C: How to Program, 5th and 6th editions, by Deitel and Deitel)
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2. Outline for Today Survey and TA/SA Introductions Course Objectives
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Outline for Today
Survey and TA/SA Introductions
Course Objectives
Course Operation/Expectations
Course Plan and Syllabus
Systems Concepts
‘Old’ Development Environments
C and C++
Higher Level Language History c
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3. CS2303 Course Objectives
To expose students to lower level systems interface ‘grunge’ only clearly visible via C.
To learn to program in both C and C++
Starting with C
To further develop the ability to design programs with emphasis on the abstract view of data structures.
To get experience with the low-level implementation of data structures in C.
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4. CS2303 Course Objectives (continued)
To get a taste of Programming in the
Large
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5. CS2303 Course Objectives (continued)
Pointers!!
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6. CS2303 Course Objectives (continued)
The course web site:–
Contains:–
Syllabus
General overview
Rules and expectations
All lecture notes
All programming and lab assignments …
You are responsible for everything on the course web site
These are password protected!
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7. CS2303 Course Objectives (continued)
Tuesdays & Fridays, 8:00 – 9:50 AM
Fuller Labs 320
Weekly Lab Sessions
A01 – Kaven 203, Wednesdays 9:00–9:50 AM
A02 – Kaven 203, Wednesdays 10:00–10:50 AM
A03 – Kaven 203, Wednesdays noon–1:00 PM
Approx. 6 Programming Assignments
Week quizzes
~20 minutes at start of class, typically on Fridays
Last classroom quiz:– Tuesday, October 9
Laboratory quiz:– Wednesday, October 10
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8. No computing, No network access
Weekly Quizzes
Typically on Fridays at 8:00 AM
Approximately 20 minutes
You may start as soon as you arrive in the classroom
Open book, open notes
No electronics
Except Kindle, iPad, etc., if using an electronic textbook
No computing, No network access
Best five out of seven
No make-up quizzes
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9. Grading Quizzes:– ~40% Programming Assignments:– ~40%
Labs and Subjective Evaluation:– ~20%
Satisfactory grades on Programming Assignments are required to pass this course
It is in your interest that the Professor and TAs know who you are!
Last classroom quiz and Laboratory quiz are
mandatory for passing this course
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10. Discussion Board
This term, we will try out the new myWPI as a Discussion Board
Technical and administrative questions
If you know the answer, please post reply to the board!
If someone has not already replied!
Participation in the Discussion Board is part of the Subjective Evaluation portion of the grade
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11. Course Plan and Syllabus
Approx 50% C, approx 50% C++
Cover common areas between C, C++, and Java quickly
Expressions, statements, conditionals, loops, etc.
Data structures in C
Arrays and pointers (very different from Java).
Structs and unions, dynamic memory management
Classes, templates, overloading in C++
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12. Required C Textbook Over 20 years old! Still relevant Cheap
Will refer to it often!
Cheap
Used on Amazon
Download PDF
Keep a copy on your desk …
… for the rest of your professional life!
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13. Required C++ Textbook 4th or 5th editions okay Chapters 1-3
Strong overlap with K & R
Strong overlap with Java
Chapters 5, §6.1, §10.1
Very different from Java
Additional chapters
Other common elements between C & C++
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14. Required C++ Textbook 4th or 5th editions okay Chapters 1-3
Strong overlap with K & R
Strong overlap with Java
Chapters 5, §6.1, §10.1
Very different from Java
Additional chapters
Other common elements between C & C++
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15. Reading Assignments Kernighan & Ritchie, Chapter 1
Absolute C++, Chapter 1
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16. Useful C++ Reference 10 years old! The authoritative reference on C++
Including Standard Template Library
Every computer scientist who ever programs in C++ should own a copy
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17. Teaching staff Ph. D. Carnegie-Mellon, 1972-73
Dissertation “Correctness in Operating Systems”
Faculty at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Approximately 30 years in industry in USA
WPI since 2006
21 US patents issued
2 seminal contributions to Computer Science
Hugh C. Lauer
Teaching Professor
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18. Relevant C++ experience
CTO, Chief Architect of VolumePro™ 1000
World’s first interactive 3D rendering engine for CT, MRI, seismic scans for PC-class computers
7.5-million gate, high-performance ASIC
109 illuminated graphical samples per second
Designed entirely in C++
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19. ? TAs and SAs TA office – Fuller A22
Ahmedul Kabir
Chris Casola
TA office – Fuller A22
Office hours posted on course website
– cs2303-staff in domain cs.wpi.edu
To contact TAs, SAs, and professor
Hao Wan
Nick DeMarinis ?
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20. Questions?
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21. Names and Faces It is in your own interest that I know who you are.
Students who speak up in class usually get more favorable grades than those who don’t
When speaking in class, please identify yourselves
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22. Ground Rule #1 There are no “stupid” questions.
It is a waste of your time and the class’s time to proceed when you don’t understand the basic terms.
If you don’t understand it, someone else probably doesn’t understand it, either.
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23. Ground Rule #2 Help each other!
Even when a project or assignment is specified as individual, ask your friends or classmates about stuff you don’t understand.
It is a waste of your time try to figure out some obscure detail on your own when there are lots of resources around.
When you have the answer, write it in your own words (or own coding style).
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24. WPI Academic Honesty Policy
It is a violation of the WPI Academic Honesty Policy to submit someone else’s work as your own.
It is not a violation of WPI’s Academic Honesty Policy to ask for help!
Classmates, TAs, friends, mentors, …
Explanations of things you don’t understand
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25. Cite Your Sources Many Resources
Web, previous instances of this course, other courses
Friends, classmates, mentors, etc.
Cite Your Sources
Explain in your own words
So that I can see that you actually understand it
Write in your own coding style
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26. No Copying!
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27. Questions?
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28. Break and Survey
Next Topic
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