CSCE 121 (2020 Spring): Introduction to Program Design and Concepts
Instructor: Yulin Zhang
Office | : | EABC-107B (Online via Zoom) |
: | yulinzhang(at)tamu.edu | |
Office hours | : | TR 11-12 or by appointment |
Webpage | : | http://people.tamu.edu/~yulinzhang |
Teaching Assistant and Peer Teachers
Teaching Assitant | : | Qinbo Li |
Office | : | HRBB 339 (Online via Zoom) |
: | lee(at)tamu.edu | |
Office hours | : | by appointment |
Peer Teachers: | : | https://engineering.tamu.edu/cse/academics/peer-teachers/current-peer-teachers.html |
Homework and Labwork
See course on e-campus.
Check out lectures about shell, editor, git, etc. from "missing-semester".
Zoom Lectures, Labs and Office Hour*
- Lectures Session: Zoom Meeting
- Lab Session: Zoom Meeting
- Yulin's Office Hour: Zoom Meeting
Deadlines
- Tuesdays: Pre-homework quiz
- Fridays: Zybook Challenge or Participation
- Sundays: Homework
- Feb 21 (in-class): Exam 1
- April 3rd: Exam 2
Tentative Schedule
Week | Date | Lecture Topic |
---|---|---|
1a | Jan-13 | Syllabus code/notes |
1b | Jan-15 | Compilation and Hello Worldcode/notes |
1c | Jan-17 | Things you already know, but now in C++code/notes |
2b | Jan-22 | Problem solving process, testingcode/notes |
2c | Jan-24 | Functions, header file, number peelingcode/notes |
3a | Jan-27 | Integral Data Type and limitationscode/notes |
3b | Jan-29 | Floating Pointcode/notes |
3c | Jan-31 | Type Conversion, Compound Data Type, and Scopecode/notes |
4a | Feb-3 | Switch, Object Orienct Design (Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism)code/notes |
4b | Feb-5 | String, Stream state, File IOcode/notes |
4c | Feb-7 | Unnecessary censorship, Exceptions Instructor: Philip C. Ritcheycode/notes |
5a | Feb-10 | Memory Diagram, Pointer, Reference and Array Instructor: J. Michael Moorecode/notes |
5b | Feb-12 | Array and Linear search Instructor: J. Michael Moorecode/notes |
5c | Feb-14 (♥) | Array manipulationcode/notes |
6a | Feb-17 | Exam reviewcode/notes |
6b | Feb-19 | Exam review, 2d arraycode/notes |
6c | Feb-21 | Exam 1 |
7a | Feb-24 | Array manipulation, 2d array, pointerscode/notes |
7b | Feb-26 | Dynamic Memory: allocate, deallocate, memory leakscode/notes |
7c | Feb-28 | Dynamic Memory: copy and resizing arrayscode/notes |
8a | Mar-2 | Function: stack frame, declaration & definition Review, pass by valuecode/notes |
8b | Mar-4 | Function: pass by reference, throwing exceptionscode/notes |
8c | Mar-6 | Binary search, function parametric polymorphismcode/notes |
9 | Mar-9 to Mar-13 | Spring break |
11 | Mar-23 to Mar-27 | Recursionmeeting notes |
12 | Mar-30 to Apr-3 | Object oriented programmingmeeting notes |
13 | Apr-06 to Apr-10 | Object oriented programming: rule of threemeeting notes |
14 | Apr-13 to Apr-17 | LinkedListmeeting notes |
15 | Apr-20 to Apr-24 | OOP: Inheritance, Polymorphismmeeting notes Interesting reads: Memory layout with virtual function |
16 | Apr-27 to May-1 | Exam reviewmeeting notes |