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CS60 - Introduction to C, C++, and UNIX

Lectures:
Lecturer - Daniel Nurmi (nurmi@cs.ucsb.edu)
Location - HSSB 1173
Time - MWF 1:00 - 1:50
Office - Phelp 1409 - M,Th 2:00pm

Discussions:
TA - Lin Tan (tan@cs.ucsb.edu)
Location 1 - HSSB 1228
Time - M 5:00 - 5:50

Location 2 - Phelp 1401
Time - F 12:00 - 12:50

Announcements

Final is Dec 9th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in HSSB 1173 (regular lecture room)

Slight Addendum to Project 6 Posted

Project 6 Sample Output Posted

Project 6 Posted! (check back for sample output)

Class is cancelled on Friday, Nov 21st

PLEASE READ PROJECT 5 UPDATE POSTED BELOW

Homework 15 posted

Class is NOT cancelled on Wed Nov 19th, it will be held as usual at 1:00pm

project 4 solutions are posted

project 5 is posted!

hw14 posted, due Nov 17 at 1:00pm

hw13 posted due Nov 12th at 1:00pm

hw11/12 solutions posted

For the example proj4 binary, the movement keys are 'a', 's', 'd', and 'w' for 'left', 'down', 'right' and 'up respectively

Project 4 is posted!

Homework 12 is posted

Homework 11 was updated at 3:10pm on Mon Nov 3, please use the current specification, it is still due Wed. Nov 5

Project 3 sample solutions are posted

Homework 10 is posted!

NOTE: YOU MUST use system calls for hw9 and project 3, this means open(), fork(), execvp() (or some variant of exec), dup2() are the functions you need. popen(), system(), and fputs/fgets for pipes are not acceptable! You can use fgets for input from the user, but for process pipes and IO redirection, you must use system calls!

Helpful Links contains links to examples of some system calls we've used in class

Homework 9 is posted!

Project 3 is posted

Homework 8 is posted

Sample solutions for hw7 and project2 are posted

Solutions to Homework 6 and description of Homework 7 are posted

The midterm will be on Monday, Oct 20th at 1:00pm in the regular place

For the project1 extra credit, do not ask the user for the size of the board. You may use a #define to specify the size of the board, and then create three separate executable files that run the program with different board sizes

Sample Solution for hw5 is posted

Homework 6 is posted, Due MONDAY Oct 13th

For homework5, you must WRITE YOUR OWN SORTING FUNCTION! You cannot use preexisting sorting routines like qsort().

Homework 5 is posted

Sorting Algorithm Link posted in 'Helpful Links'

Sample Solution to homework 3 is posted

Lecture note, Homework 4 and Project 1 are posted, see below!

Reminder, homework 3 is due tommorrow (fri oct 3rd) at 1:00pm

Homework 3 is posted, see below

Sample Solutions to homeworks 1 and 2 are posted

The conversion specifier for a double, for both printf and scanf, is %lf, using %f will not work in scanf and may cause problems with demotion inside printf

Homework 2 is posted, see below

The computer lab you need to use for this course is the CSIL lab, located on the first floor of the Engineering 1 building. The IC lab in the Phelps building is NOT the lab we're using. You will be able to log into a CSIL machine from the Phelps lab, but all homeworks must compile,run, and be turned in from a machine in the CSIL lab.

HOMEWORK 1 IS POSTED! See below in 'Programming Assignments' to see the homework specification. Normally, small program assignments like this one will be due the next lecture, but this one is due two lectures later for people who do not yet have CSIL accounts. This means, however, that there will be 2 homeworks due on Wed Oct 1st (one more will be assigned on Monday).

TA will not be holding office hours next Tuesday, Sept 30th. Instead, Nurmi will be holding office hours in his office, Phelps 1409 at 2-2:50pm

TA OFFICE HOURS: Lin's office hours will be on Tuesdays from 200pm - 2:50pm in the CSIL lab

OFFICE HOURS HAVE CHANGED: they are now Monday and Thursday at 2:00pm to 3:00pm in Phelps 1409

Course Description

In this course, we will be learning (as stated in the title of the course...of course) the C and C++ programming languages using the UNIX platform as a development environment. By the end of this course, student will have a solid understanding of the C and C++ programming languages as well as the UNIX development environment; tools that are essential for most upper level undergraduate computer science coursework. To help support a firm understanding of these programming languages, there will be many small programming assignments for conceptual units as well as longer programming projects which will enforce combining programming concepts covered in class.

Administrative Stuff

- syllabus
- academic honesty policy

Helpful Links

SGI STL reference (note that not all functions/containers on this link are included in the linux STL)
OpenGL/glut tutorials for further interest
libSDL portable game programming library
CSIL account management
UNIX tutorial (one hit amonst many by searching google with keywords 'UNIX tutorial')
Sorting Algorithms
Example of execvp() system call (google search "example of execvp")
Example of fork() system call (google search "example of fork function")
Example of pipe() system call (google search "example of pipe function")

Lecture Notes/Worksheets

Note: these notes are meant to suppliment material covered in class, the do not cover complete examples and as such should not be thought of as substitutions for attending class.