1. 1 Introduction to Programming ( 計算機程式設計 ) Yeong-Luh Ueng ( 翁詠祿 ) ylueng@ee.nthu.edu.tw@ee.nthu.edu.tw Department of Electrical Engineering National Tsing Hua University

2. 2 Why You Need to Learn "Programming"?

3. 3 Course Information l Time: M1M2R1R2 l Place: EECS B01 l Prerequisits:Curiosity( 好奇心 ) with a logical mind l Course description: n An introductory course for programming in C language n Basics and some advanced topics will be covered n Why “C” instead of other fancy languages, like Basic, Fortran, Pascal, Delphi, C++, JAVA, … and so on?

4. 4 Textbook And References l Textbook: n S. Prata, “C Primer Plus,” 5th ed., Sams Publishing, 2005. n Class notes and related materials will be announced on website “http://ecc.ee.nthu.edu.tw/ee2310/ee2310.htm”. l References: n B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, “ The C Programming Language,” 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 1988. n A. Kelley and I. Phol, “A Book on C: Programming in C,” 4th ed., Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998.

5. 5 Lecture, Practice, Office, and TA Hours l On-line practice is the best way to learn programming l Lecture and practice hours: M1M2R1R2 n EECS B01 for lecture n EECS 304,305,306 for practices l Instructor & TA office hours n Instructor: by appointment, at EECS 307 n TA: in the practice course

6. 6 Grading l Seven practices : 25% (5x3%+2x5%) l Five homework : 25% (5x5%) l Four quizzes: 35% (Quiz 1-2 (7.5% X 2), Quiz 3-4 (10%x2)) l Final exam: 15% l Schedule has been announced on the website

7. 7 Practices l Individual based practices l Activities: n Programming practice and homework/exam problems solving l Attendance policy: n You are required to attend the seven programming practices, otherwise no credits.

8. 8 Programming Projects l On a individual basis l You need to present your work by face-to-face on-line demonstration l You should work independently of others. (Don’t be a copy cat)

9. 9 Thank You for Getting Up So Early ^_^ (I know it’s tough) But I expect that you will derive much benefit in this class.