CSCI 1730: C++ and SYSTEM PROGRAMMING

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SCHEDULE OF TOPICS (click here)


CLASS TIME:

	02:00 PM - 03:15 PM (Tue, Thu)	Chemistry	0451
	02:30 PM - 03:20 PM (Wed)	Chemistry	0451

Buildings:
	Boyd (1023)	CS Office	Instructor/TA Mailbox
	Chemistry (1001)	0451	Class Room
	Barrow Hall (1021)	217D	Office

Maria Hybinette Barrow 217D maria at cs.uga.edu

Hongchao Li Boyd 415 li at cs.uga.edu

Thursdays	3:30-4:30 pm	Hybinette (Barrow 217 D)	(and by e-mail appointment - maria at cs.uga.edu)
Tuesdays	3:30-4:30 pm	Li (Boyd 301 A)	(and by e-mail appointment - li at cs.uga.edu)

PREREQUISITE:

Proficiency in Java programming.

• C++ Programming:
  • Control Structures.
  • Functions.
  • Arrays.
  • Pointers.
  • Structures.
  • Classes.
  • Operator overloading.
  • Inheritance.
  • Polymorphism.
  • Templates.
  • Stream I/O.
  • Exception Handling.
  • File Processing.
  • Data Structures.
  • String Manipulation.
  
  
• System Programming:
  • Files.
  • Directories.
  • File Systems.
  • Processes.
  • Signals.
  • Pipes/FIFOs.
  • Sockets.

TEXTS:

	C++ How to Program, 4/e Harvey M. Deitel Paul J. Deitel ISBN 0-130-38474-7; ® 2002 Publisher: Deitel & Deitel
	Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment W. Richard Stevens ISBN: 0-201-56317-7 Copyright: 1992 Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional

Accelerated C++, by Andrew Koenig & Barbara Moo

Thinking in C++ , Volumes 1 and 2, Bruce Eckel, available for free download at http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

The de facto standard C++ reference book, which you may wish to refer to is: The C++ Programming Language , Special Edition, Stroustrup. The 3rd edition is also acceptable. This is an intermediate to advance level text book.

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, W. Richard Stevens, 1992. This is a great systems programming book.

UNIX System Programming, Second Edition, Keith Haviland, Marcus Gray and Ben Salama, 1998. This gives you UNIX in a nutshell, used to be a required text but is now printed outside the USA (England), according to the University Bookstore.

See schedule here

EVALUATION:

Participation	05%
Homework & Projects	50%
Quizzes	10%
Exam I	10%
Exam II	10%
Final Exam	15%

The purpose of the assignments is familiarization of concepts and details of C++ and UNIX system programming. The assignments are individual projects. However, you are encouraged to ask questions of one another, and to respond to other student's questions. Direct exchange of code is prohibited, as is line-by-line assistance. This is checked for every assignments

No outside assistance is permitted (exceptions: instructor or TA).

Unless otherwise specified, exams are closed-book and no additional materials may be used.

Missing an exam: absence due to serious illness will be an acceptable reason for missing an exam. Doctor's diagnostic note is required. The final grade will be scaled accordingly.

You must subscribe to the class email list, see details HW1 listed on the schedule page.

Assigned homework (if any) must be typed, you must also email a copy to the class email account.

• Check the program descriptions frequently! Hints are posted there.
• Needing help, please follow these guidelines:
  guidelines.txt
• Class web page: http://www.cs.uga.edu/~maria/classes/1730-Spring-2005/
• g++ compiler problems: check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  g++-started.txt
• GDB debugger:
  get started guidelines:
  gdb-started.txt
  A short guide (9 pages) by Benjamin Zorn is available in PDF at:
  gdb-guidelines.pdf (local copy)
  Html tutorials from CMU:
  CMU.html
  Html manual from the source: The Free Software Foundation:
  gdb.html
• A Makefile Tutorial
• C++ Reference on the web:
  • http://www.cppreference.com/
  • http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/ see the reference section, and Document section for a nice tutorial
  • Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage, the creator of C++, some nice C++ links and FAQ's
• Email list : Please subsribe to at URL: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=csci1730&A=1 (Click on link)

• 01/17/05 If you get:
  ld.so.1: Hello.out: fatal: libstdc++.so.2.10.0: open failed: No such file or directory
  On the command line when compling program 1, execute the command:
  setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/sfw/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
• 01/14/05 e-mail list is set up. Please subsribe to at URL:
  http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=csci1730&A=1 (Click on link)
• 01/03/05 Working on getting e-mail list set up.