WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 2500 -- Spring 2009

• WEEK #1 CS 2500 meets for the first time in P-113 on Tuesday, Feb 17.
  
  
• Getting Started Tasks:
  • Make sure you have a computer account on the CS Department network.
  • Check out the Department's e-mail program: https://cs.csustan.edu/WebMail/src/login.php.
    Use your CS network login name and password.
  • If you want your CS2500-related e-mail forwarded to another system, follow directions here for creating a .forward file.
  
  
• Figure on having to cover an average of about 35 pages per week in Carrano and 15 pages in Rosen.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Read the "Hello World Exercise".
  • Read the course description & this schedule.
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 807-838 of Appendix A (C++ Language Basics, using iostream, functions, selection, iteration, and arrays).
    • Read pp. 869-872 of Appendix A (Comparison to Java).
  • Rosen: Read pp. 1-8 in chapter 1 (background) and pp. 37-43 in chapter 2 (getting started).
  • Note: There may be confusing errors in Carrano. Throughout the semester, while reading be sure to check the errata sheet Carrano has posted.
  
  
• Get familiar with the program #1 assignment.
  
  
• First Day:
  • Administrative Tasks:
    • We find out who needs help with a computer account on the CS Dept computer network.
    • We discuss how to access course descriptions.
    • Folks get on the waiting list, if necessary.
  • If time allows, we go to the lab later on during the class time and perform the Hello World Exercise.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 839-844 of Appendix A (C and C++ Strings)
    • Read pp. 853-866 of Appendix A (File I/O)
    • Read pp. 65-79 (Recursive Solutions)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 44-48 in chapter 2 (getting started) and pp. 55-64 of chapter 3 (working with files and directories)

• DUE: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 -- level-two version of program #1.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 3-12 (SW Engineering and OO Design)
    • Read pp. 80-99 (Recursive Solutions, Counting Things, and Searching an Array)
    • Read pp. 121-125 (Abstract Data Types)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 65-79 of chapter 3 (working with files and directories)

• DUE: Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 -- final version of program #1.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 13-24 (SW Engineering and OO Design)
    • Read pp. 100-113 (Searching an Array, Organizing Data and Recursion & Efficiency)
    • Read pp. 126-141 (Specifying ADT's)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 80-92 of chapter 3 (working with files and directories) and pp. 93-94 of chapter 4 (the command shell - note: CS lab computers have default emacs-style command-line editing)

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 24-32 (Achieving a Better Solution)
    • Read pp. 141-165 (Implementing ADT's)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 95-103 of chapter 4 (the command shell) and pp. 122-128 of chapter 4 (the command shell).
  
  
• Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009: Quiz #1: on:
  • sections 2.1-2.5 of Carrano (recursive solutions, counting things, searching an array, organizing data and recursion & efficiency);
  • section 1.1 of Carrano (SW Engineering and OO Design);
  • sections 3.1-3.2 of Carrano (abstract data types and specifying ADT's);
  • readings in Rosen from week 1 through 4, inclusive
  
  To study for quizzes, work out answers to questions at the ends of the chapters. Also, work with the study questions online.
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 -- final version of program #2.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 844-853 of Appendix A (Structures and Exceptions)
    • Read pp. 33-42 (Key Issues in Programming)
    • Read pp. 171-184 (Linked Lists: Preliminaries)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 133-146 of chapter 5 (text editing)
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, March 26, 2009 -- level-two version of program #3.

• March 31 is a holiday - Cesar Chavez Day - no class.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • Read pp. 867-869 of Appendix A (Libraries)
    • Read pp. 43-60 (Key Isues in Programming)
    • Read pp. 184-197 (Programming with Linked Lists)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 147-161 of chapter 5 (text editing) - note: jove is a form of emacs available on most CS Dept lab Sun and Macintosh computers).
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, April 2, 2009 -- second version of program #3.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 198-235 (Programming with Linked Lists, Variations of Linked Lists, Maintaining an Inventory, The C++ STL)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 162-163 of chapter 5 (text editing), pp. 191-198 of chapter 7 (the CDE and KDE desktops - note: CDE is the graphical user interface in use on the CS Department Sun computers) and pp. 247-251 of chapter 9 (networking with TCP/IP).
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, April 9, 2009 -- final version of program #3.
• DUE: Friday, April 10, 2009 -- final version of program #3.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 285-314 (The ADT Stack, Applications, Implementations, and Algebraic Expressions)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 252-268 of chapter 9 (networking with TCP/IP)
  
  
• Thursday, April 23, 2009: Quiz #2: on:
  • sections 1.2-1.3 of Carrano (achieving a better solution and key issues in programming);
  • section 3.3 of Carrano (implementing ADT's);
  • sections 4.1-4.4 of Carrano (linked lists);
  • readings in Rosen from week 5 through 8, inclusive
  
  To study for quizzes, work out answers to questions at the ends of the chapters. Also, work with the study questions online.
  
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 315-332 (Stacks: Algebraic Expressions, A Search Problem, and Stacks & Recursion)
    • pp. 343-359 (Queues: The ADT, Simple Applications, and Implementations)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 305-309 of chapter 11 (processes and scheduling) and pp. 521-530 of chapter 18 (using unix and Windows together)
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, April 30, 2009 -- driver part of program #4.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 360-380 (Queues: Implementations and an Application: Simulation)
    • pp. 499-511 (Trees: Terminology and The ADT Binary Tree)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 585-598 of chapter 20 (shell scripting)
  
  
• DUE: Thursday, May 07, 2009 -- final version of program #4.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 512-546 (The ADT Binary Tree and The ADT Binary Search Tree)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 599-613 of chapter 20 (shell scripting)

• Reading Assignment:
  • Carrano:
    • pp. 547-577 (The ADT Binary Search Tree and General Trees)
  • Rosen: Read pp. 614-616 of chapter 20 (shell scripting) and pp. 703-714 of chapter 24 (C and C++ programming tools)
  
  
• DUE: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- driver part of program #5.
  
  
• Tuesday, May 19, 2009: Quiz #3: on:
  • sections 6.1-6.6 of Carrano (stacks);
  • sections 7.1-7.5 of Carrano (queues);
  • section 10.1 of Carrano (terminology);
  • readings in Rosen from week 9 through 12, inclusive
  
  To study for quizzes, work out answers to questions at the ends of the chapters. Also, work with the study questions online.

• Tuesday, May 26 is the last day of class.
  
  
• Reading Assignment: Catch Up!
  
  
• DUE: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 -- final version of program #5.