Planned Syllabus

 

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	date
	topic
	notes

1.
	Mon, Apr 1
	Getting Started; Writing and Compiling C
	
2.
	Wed. Apr 3
	C Program Basics, Operators, Variables
	
3.
	Fri. Apr 5
	Operators, Variables, Control Flow
	
		Discussion: UNIX Text Editors and Files
	
4.
	Mon, Apr 8
	Pointers, Command-Line Interface
	
5.
	Wed, Apr 10
	Command-Line Interface, Environment variables
	
6.
	Fri, Apr 12
	Pointers, Casting, Storage
	
		Discussion: Introduction to UNIX Commands, File System
	homework 1 due

7.
	Mon, Apr 15
	Structures and Unions
	
8.
	Wed, Apr 17
	Functions, Scope, Program Stack
	
9.
	Fri, Apr 19
	Program Stack and Recursion
	
		Discussion: UNIX Processes and Shells
	
10.
	Mon, Apr 22
	Recursion, C Preprocessor
	
11.
	Wed, Apr 24
	Libraries I: Standard I/O Library
	
12.
	Fri, Apr 26
	Libraries II: Other library functions
	
		Discussion: Remote Access: SSH, Telnet, and All That
	
13.
	Mon, Apr 29
	UNIX System Calls: File Access
	homework 2 due

14.
	Wed, May 1
	UNIX System Calls: Other
	
15.
	Fri, May 3
	C compiler, make
	
		Discussion: Review for Midterm
	
16.
	Mon, May 6
	midterm
	
17.
	Wed, May 8
	Debugging and gdb
	
18.
	Fri, May 10
	Debugging and gdb
	
		Discussion: Internet, World Wide Web
	
19.
	Mon, May 13
	Modularity, interfaces, and portability
	homework 3 due

20.
	Wed, May 15
	Modularity, interfaces, and portability
	
21.
	Fri, May 17
	Robust Programming
	
		Discussion: Configuring the Environment
	
22.
	Mon, May 20
	Robust Programming
	
23.
	Wed, May 22
	Robust Programming
	
24.
	Fri, May 24
	Rapid Prototyping, Shell Programming
	
		Discussion: UNIX Tools: awk, sed, and Other Programs
	
	Mon, May 27
	no class (Memorial Day)
	homework 4 due

25.
	Wed, May 29
	Rapid Prototyping, Shell Programming
	
26.
	Fri, May 31
	Program Design: Top-Down
	
		Discussion: More UNIX Tools
	
27.
	Mon, Jun 3
	Program Design: Bottom-Up Design, Toolkit Approach
	
28.
	Wed, Jun 5
	Program Design
	
29.
	Thu, Jun 6
	Program Profiling
	
30.
	Fri, Jun 7
	Conclusion and Review
	
		Discussion: Review for Final
	
	Mon, Jun 10
	final exam 
	4:00PM to 6:00PM