EEN118, Programming I, Autumn 2007

• Library downloads and documentation
• Summary of the Most Useful graphics functions
• Guide to using Unix
• First mid-term: Thurs. 11th October
• Second mid-term: Tues. 20th November
• Final Examination: Wed. 12th December, 5:00 p.m.
• The lab guys, Christophers Martin and Quinones, usually found in the HKN office, problem seesion times: Thursday 5.00 to 6.00 and Monday 4.30 to 5.30 in the regualr lab.

Class and Lab History

• Class 1 (23-8-2007) General introductions.
• Class 2 (28-8-2007) Using the microsoft system to create a program.
• Class 3 (30-8-2007) History of computers and digital electronics.
• Class 4 (4-9-2007) Starting to program for real: expressions and functions. (notes for today).
• Class 5 (6-9-2007) A more scientific program, testing Kepler's third law. (notes for today).
• Class 6 (11-9-2007) Syntax summary (word) (pdf), BNF notation, user input.
• Class 7 (13-9-2007) Sequencing, local constants, scope rules, recursive functions.
  New: instructions for using (free) visual C++ 2005 express edition.
• Class 8 (18-9-2007) Recap of design with functions and recursion. The function that speaks numbers. (stages of development of that function: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
• Class 9 (20-9-2007) Extremely structured design and the value of simplicity: calculating the day of the week.
  New version of the library, fixing all known problems, for Microsquid Visual C++ versions 6, 7, and 8, now on the download page.
• Class 10 (25-9-2007) Variables, loops, cin, cout; why you shouldn't use variables if you can avoid them.
• Class 11 (27-9-2007) Discrete time simulations, the boy and the bull.
  Program for the Boy and Bull study, with test data included. Also an exe file.
• Class 12 (2-10-2007) Good global constants, evil global variables, reference and value semantics
• Class 13 (4-10-2007) Using Unix. Creating, editing, and running programs; making a web site.
• Class 14 (9-10-2007) Test Preparation, File input.
• Class 15 (11-10-2007) First Mid-Term.
• Class 16 (16-10-2007) Some test review. ifstream, ofstream, and operations thereon.
• Class 17 (18-10-2007) End of test review, more file input and output, variable arrays.
• Class 18 (23-10-2007) iostream manipulators, istringstream, <stdio.h>: printf, putchar, getchar.
• Class 19 (25-10-2007) Arrays.
• Class 20 (30-10-2007) Searching and sorting arrays, binary chop search on arrays, estimating computation time.
• Class 21 (1-11-2007) Arrays as parameters to functions, the sometimes-useful for loop, two dimensional arrays.
• Class 22 (6-11-2007)
• Class 23 (8-11-2007) Time analysis of functions and algorithms. An intractable O(n×2ⁿ) problem, and many simpler examples. (big-O fundamentals). (time comparison chart).
• Class 24 (13-11-2007) Introducing Objects, simplifying program design and data representations.
• Class 25 (15-11-2007) Reminders for the test, objects representing rational numbers.
• Class 26 (20-11-2007) Second Mid-Term.
• Class 27 (27-11-2007) Survey Results, Syllabus. Pointers and flexible arrays.
• Class 28 (29-11-2007)

• Lab 1 (28/29-8-2007) Using visual C++ to run programs; drawing stick figures. pdf, mdi
• Lab 2 (4/5-9-2007) Ol' Stripey, a use for functions. pdf, mdi
• Lab 3 (11/12-9-2007) The Blowing-people-up-with-a-cannon game. pdf, mdi
• Lab 4 (18/19-9-2007) A real-time clock. pdf, mdi
• Lab 5 (25/26-9-2007) A handsome looking calendar. pdf, mdi
• Lab 6 (2/3-10-2007) Bunny-rabbits, foxes, and tigers. pdf, mdi, samples.
• Lab 7 (9/10-10-2007) Unix and Web sites. pdf, mdi
• Lab 8 (16/17-10-2007) Graphing meteorological observations, data files. pdf, mdi
• Lab 9 (23/24-10-2007) Interactive Map of the United States, usa.map. pdf, mdi
• Lab 10 (30/31-10-2007) Programming a Database. pdf, mdi, (data files: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20)
• Lab 11 (6/7-11-2007) Audio Processing. pdf, mdi Sound library info: pdf, mdi; CD "ripper", and an alternative one.
• Lab 12 (13/14/27/28-11-2007) Video Game pdf, mdi, (sample maze)