CS 2500, Section 002, Week 2 Notes

(Latest Revision: 02/21/2001)

Week 02 Notes for CS 2500, Section 002 -- Spring 2001

CS 2500, Section 002, Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Notes for Lab Day

Meet first in P-113
Take Roll.
Announcement(s)
- Anyone who still needs to add CS 2500 should contact me
- A level-two version of program #1 is due MONDAY. Get started on this soon, while the Hello World! assignment is still fresh in your mind.
- Our department secretary Marlys sent out the following message:
```
Please remind your women students in the CS classes the mentor list serv
is available for them to join.

If you would provide their e-mail addresses, I would like to do an e-mail
invitation also.

Thanks.

marlys knutsen
CSU Stanislaus
marlys@pollux.csustan.edu
```
In Carrano we are reading chapter one (program design) and chapter two (recursion).
In Anderson we are reading chapters 1-3,5 (intro to Unix).
Check due dates for Programming assignment #1.
Locate where to get Hello World! handouts and Jove handouts online:
- Hello World
- Jove Help
check out the links from the Hello World! handout.
Do some lecture topics from below.
Discuss programming assignment #1.
- What is the assignment?
- How do we get the data files?
- Where do we put the data files?
- Design considerations.
Show example of reading e-mail on the Sun Ultra's.
The compiler command option for naming the executable file:
(g++ -o letters letters.cpp)
Discuss compiling/debugging with jove
- How to execute the compiler "inside" jove: (C-u, C-x, C-e)
- C-x 1 "unsplits" the screen.
- How to break out of jove to a sub-shell whilst "saving your place": (M-s)
- Testing the program while in the sub-shell.
- How to break out of the sub-shell and return to "your place" in jove: (exit)
Go to lab at 10:10.
Pass out accounts
See if anyone needs to be shown how to telnet from a PC.
Show people how to launch a browser and editor.
Do "Hello World" Assignnent

CS 2500, Section 002, Thursday, February 22, 2001
Draft Notes For Thursday.

Take Roll.
Pass out any left-over accounts.
Look at file that tells results of lab 01 (Hello World!)

Announcement(s)

I received this note from Guillermo Vargas, the student tutor for CS 1500 and CS 2500

Hi Dr. Sarraille,

     Here's the schedule for the review\tutorial
     sessions for CS1500 and CS2500

     CS1500 Monday and Friday 12:15 pm to 1:05 pm
     CS2500 Wednesday 11:10 am to 12:00pm

     We will meet in the conference room (the
     little room next to the CS lab).  If the
     students have questions about the reviews,
     they can e-mail me at
     gvargas@castor.csustan.edu.

     Please pass this information to your
     students.

     Thank You.
     Guillermo Vargas

These sessions will commence on Monday, 02/26/2001.

I may give you some lab time on Thursday, March 01 to work on your program #1. We'll have to see how things go.

Show the class a sample of what they should have turned in for the "Hello World" assignment.
Discuss programming assignment #1.
- What is the assignment?
- How do we get the data files? (See ftp_how_to file in the assignment directory)
- Where do we put the data files?
- Design considerations. See the four help files in the assignment directory:
  - designConsiderations
  - dataDesign.jpg
  - algorithmDesign.jpg
  - lettersLev02Shell.cpp
How much of the following stuff do we need to do still?
Show example of reading e-mail on the Sun Ultra's.
The compiler command option for naming the executable file:
(g++ -o letters letters.cpp)
Discuss compiling/debugging with jove
- How to execute the compiler "inside" jove: (C-u, C-x, C-e)
- C-x 1 "unsplits" the screen.
- How to break out of jove to a sub-shell whilst "saving your place": (M-s)
- Testing the program while in the sub-shell.
- How to break out of the sub-shell and return to "your place" in jove: (exit)