| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
| 1 | Aug 18 |
Aug 19 | Aug 20 | Aug 21 No Lab, first week of classes |
Aug 22 |
Aug 23 |
| 2 | Aug 25 | Aug 26 Introduction to the lab Unix basics Command console Directory structure Resource: UNIX Tutorial for Beginners Read: Typographic Conventions Read: Introduction to the UNIX operating system Read: Tutorial 1 & Tutorial 2 Exercise: using cp, mv, rm, rmdir using mkdir, cd, use of ., .., and /, pathnames using cat, less, head, tail, grep, wc |
Aug 27 last day to add class |
Aug 28 File creation and editing Compiling and running Resource: vim cheat sheet Resource: emacs cheat sheet Exercise: use vim or emacs to create a small C program. Compile and test. Problem Statement: prime number program |
Aug 29 | Aug 30 |
| 3 | Sept 1 | Sept 2 EZ Draw Tiger Reading: EZ Draw user manual Resource: EZ Draw library, include file, Makefile, and examples Exercise: use vim or emacs to create a C program using EZ Draw. Compile and test. Problem Statement: tiger drawing program |
Sept 3 last day to drop without W grade |
Sept 4 Complete the EZ Draw tiger drawing program |
Sept 5 | Sept 6 |
| 4 | Sept 8 |
Sept 9 Makefiles Resource: Makefile tutorial Resource: gnu make reference card Exercise: Construct and use Makefiles to compile C programs. Problem Statement: makefile problems Zip file for problem: trymake.zip |
Sept 10 | Sept 11 Complete the Makefile exercises from Monday Sept. 9 |
Sept 12 | Sept 13 |
| 5 | Sept 15 |
Sept 16 Building an interactive user interface Problem Statement: Polygon programming problem |
Sept 17 | Sept 18 Complete the interactive user interface problem from Monday Sept. 16. |
Sept 19 |
Sept 20 |
| 6 | Sept 22 |
Sept 23 Debugging using gdb Resource: gdb cheat sheet Resource: gdb reference card Problem Statement: Debugging problem using gdb Zip file for problem: broken-calculator.zip |
Sept 24 |
Sept 25 Complete the debugging practice problem from Monday Sept. 23. |
Sept 26 | Sept 27 |
| 7 | Sept 29 | Sept 30 No Lab, midterm today |
Oct 1 | Oct 2 Practice reading from a file Problem Statement: Strings from a file Zip file for problem: veggies.zip |
Oct 3 | Oct 4 |
| 8 | Oct 6 |
Oct 7 Unix basics I/O redirection and pipes Resource: UNIX Tutorial for Beginners Read: Tutorial 3 & Tutorial 4 Exercise: Download the file unixstuff.zip, and unzip it. This creates a directory named unixstuff. Use the cd command to move into this directory. Do all of the exercises listed in Tutorials 3 and 4 from within this directory. |
Oct 8 |
Oct 9 Unix basics File system security Resource: UNIX Tutorial for Beginners Read: Tutorial 5 & Tutorial 6 Exercise: Download the file unixstuff.zip, and unzip it. This creates a directory named unixstuff. Use the cd command to move into this directory. Do all of the exercises listed in Tutorials 5 and 6 from within this directory. |
Oct 10 | Oct 11 |
| 9 | Oct 13 |
Oct 14 No Lab, Fall Break |
Oct 15 Fall Break |
Oct 16 Unix Basics Resource: UNIX Tutorial for Beginners Read: Tutorial 7 Exercise: Enter, compile, and run the tutorial's program to access the PATH variable.
If your program is named readpath,you will have to type ./readpath in order to run it.Now, add your current directory to your PATH, and make this permanent by modifying your .bashrc file.You should now be able to run your program again by simply typing readpath.Demonstrate your work to the TA before leaving the lab. |
Oct 17 | Oct 18 |
| 10 | Oct 20 | Oct 21 Working with images, and using them in EZ Draw. Here is a link to the new version of EZ Draw that you will need for this lab exercise, in case you have not downloaded it already. Problem Statement: Image tools and task |
Oct 22 |
Oct 23 Complete the image tools and task problem from Monday Oct. 21. |
Oct 24 | Oct 25 |
| 11 | Oct 27 |
Oct 28 A first exercise in building a C++ program. The grid.zip file that you will need for this lab exercise. Problem Statement: A C++ Grid Maker |
Oct 29 |
Oct 30 No Lab, Bahá'í Holy Day |
Oct 31 | Nov 2 |
| 12 | Nov 3 | Nov 4 No Lab, midterm today |
Nov 5 |
Nov 6 A required open lab to work on homework 5, the maze builder. TA's will be familiar with the problem and my sample solution. This will be a good opportunity to deal with issues you may be having with the problem, or to get a well structured design in place if you havn't started coding yet. Your grade for this lab will be based solely on attendance, arriving late will incur a grade penalty. If you have a working program before the lab end, you can check out early with the TA. |
Nov 7 | Nov 8 |
| 13 | Nov 10 |
Nov 11 A first exercise in bash shell scripting. The scripting.zip file that you will need for this lab exercise. Problem Statement: Bash shell scripts Tutorial on if statements Tutorial on loops Bash scripting cheatsheet |
Nov 12 |
Nov 13 Complete the shell scripting tasks from Monday Nov. 11 |
Nov 14 | Nov 15 |
| 14 | Nov 17 | Nov 18 A required open lab to work on homework 6, the maze game. This will be a good opportunity to deal with issues you may be having with the problem, or to get a well structured design in place if you havn't started coding yet. Your grade for this lab will be based solely on attendance, arriving late will incur a grade penalty. If you have a working program before the lab end, you can check out early with the TA. |
Nov 19 |
Nov 20 An additional required open lab to work on homework 6, the maze game. If you have a working program before the lab end, you can check out early with the TA. |
Nov 21 |
Nov 22 |
| 15 | Nov 24 | Nov 25 A first exercise in using templated functions. Here is the zip file that you will need for this lab exercise. Problem Statement: Templated Functions |
Nov 26 | Nov 27 No Lab, Thanksgiving Break |
Nov 28 Thanksgiving Break |
Nov 29 Thanksgiving Break |
| 16 | Dec 1 | Dec 2 No Lab, Last Week of Classes |
Dec 3 |
Dec 4 No Lab, Last Week of Classes |
Dec 5 |
Dec 6 |