| Week (Sunday) |
Topics (slides) + reading |
Lab work |
homework assignments |
| Aug. 23 (1) |
chapter 1 Introduction happening, process, and computation, algorithm versus program, action and effect, gcd |
chapter 1, Prelab activities,
prelab, Lesson 1-1, Lesson 1-2. 1% |
Exam Preparation Exercise 5
(page 39) Programming Warm-up Exercises 1 and 2 (page 40-41) Due: Midnight, Monday, August 31 Email your answer to instructor; Put "EE261 Homework 1" in email subject line. 2% |
| Aug. 30 (2) |
chapter 1 Introduction computer structures, binary data representation, machine instructions, assembly versus high-level programming languages, systems software, compilation and execution, programming process, software maintenance, ethics and professional responsibilities |
Lessons 1-5, 1-6, 1-7. 1% |
DO all questions 1-11 in Quick
Check Section (Page 37-38). No submission required. DO all questions 1-12 (except 5) in Exam Preparation Exercises Section (Page 38-39). Write down your answers on a single sheet of paper. Be sure to put down your names and student id as well. Due: Submit your written answers to instructor during the class of Monday, Sept. 7. 2% solutions for Chapter 1 problems |
| Sept.
6 (3) |
chapter 2 variables & output 1. gross program structure (subprograms/functions-main-Square-Cube) 2. cout (<<, endl, string ("this is a string") versus char ('.'), blank lines and spaces, special characters (\n, ", ', \t)) 3. identifiers (letter or _ followed by zero or more letters or digits or _) vs literal constants vs reserved words, choosing meaningful identifiers and consistent naming conventions 4. data types (int, string, char, float) and type compatibility 5. two kinds of comments (// vs /* .... */) code used Monday 6. variables (addressable, value, expression), named constants (e.g., PI and PROMPT), and assignment statement 7. string concatenation 8. null statement+block+output statement+declaration statement+assignment statement 9. special characters 10. C++ preprocessor and std namespace 11. syntax templates code used Wednesday |
DO BEFORE Friday lab Chapter 2 Prelab activities and prelab assignment (Page 31) DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 2-1, Lesson 2-3, Lesson 2-5 2% Note: The result of prelab will be checked as part of Lesson 2-1. Thus, as a rule, you do not need to submit prelab any more in the future. |
Write a C++ program to solve one
problem of your choice from the four problems listed in the Programming
Problems Section (Page 86-87). All of your code should be written in ONE and ONLY ONE cpp file. Insert a comment block in the beginning of the cpp file that states your names and student id, as follows: /* * your name and student id * which problem you are solving. */ ... your other code follows Email instructor with single cpp file as attachment. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Sept 15. 3% brief marking criteria -program compiles and runs correctly +3% -program compiles but has one or two small problems +2% -program represents reasonable effort of trying +1% -no program submitted +0% |
| Sept.
13 (4) |
chapter 3 numeric types, expressions, more output formatting & string 1. simple vs structured data types, integral vs floating types 2. ranges of simple data types, overflow and underflow 3. binary operators (+,-,*,/,%), unary operators (+5, -4, ++x, --y, x++, y--), simple vs compound arithmetic expressions, operator precedence 4. type coercion vs type conversion 5. misc facts (012, 3.8f, precision of floating data types) code used Monday (simpleTypes.cpp, char.cpp, int.cpp) 6. function calls and argument lists, void vs value-returning functions 7. common, predefined, standard library functions 8. additional string functions code used Wednesday (float.cpp, str.cpp, mathFunctions.cpp) |
DO BEFORE Friday lab Chapter 3 Prelab activities and prelab assignment (Page 51) DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 3-1, Lesson 3-2, Lesson 3-3, Lesson 3-4 2% Note: The result of prelab will be checked as part of Lesson 3-1. Thus, as a rule, please do not email me prelab. |
Programming Warm-Up Exercises
(page 131) 2, 3, 4, 9 Programming Problems (page 132-133) 3, 5 Email instructor three files, one of which contains answers to the Programming Warm-Up Exercises and the other two contain the source code for the two programming problems, respectively. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Thursday. Sept 24. 5% (2% for each program) brief marking criteria -program compiles and runs correctly +2% -program compiles but has one or two small problems +1.5% -program represents reasonable effort of trying +1% -no program submitted +0% |
| Sept. 20 (5) |
-No lectures Monday and
Wednesday. (instructor attend research conference.) -TA will provide the usual office hours. -Quiz 1 (a take-home quiz) will be posted here by Midnight of Sunday, Sept. 20. (Solution is here.) |
DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 3-5, Lesson 3-6, Lesson 3-7. optional |
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| Sept.
27 (6) (Class starts Wed Sept. 30) |
chapter 4 input |
DO
BEFORE Friday lab Chapter 4 Prelab activities (page 71) and prelab assignment (Page 77) DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 4-3 (page 87) 2% |
Programming
Problems (page 180-181) 3, 4 Email instructor two files that contain the source code for the two programming problems, respectively. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Oct. 6. 4% (2% for each program) brief marking criteria -program compiles and runs correctly +2% -program compiles but has one or two small problems such as formatting and comments +1.5% -program represents reasonable effort of trying +1% -no program submitted +0% |
| Oct. 4 (7) |
chapter
5 Conditions, logical expressions, and branching |
DO
BEFORE Friday lab Chapter 5 prelab assignment (Page 107) DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, and Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 of Lesson 5-5. 2% |
This
is an important chapter. hence more work needed. - DO all questions 1-11 in Quick Check Section (Page 231). No submission required. - DO the following questions in Exam Preparation Exercises (Page 232-233): 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 DO the following questions in Exam Preparation Exercises (Page 234-235): 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 Email instructor your answers to these 16 questions. 4% (0.25 x 16) - Programming Problems 4, 8 4% (2% each) Email instructor two files that contain the source code for the two programming problems, respectively. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Oct. 13. |
| Oct.
11 (8) |
chapter 6 Looping Code (looping.cpp) and test data (data.txt) used in Wed. lecture. The discussion of chapter 7, Additional control structures, is postponed. -Quiz 2 (take-home) will be posted here by Midnight of Friday, Oct. 16 and due 10 PM, Sunday, Oct. 25. (Solution is here.) |
DO
BEFORE Friday lab Chapter 6 prelab assignment DO DURING Friday lab session: Lesson 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 2% |
- DO the following questions in
Exam Preparation Exercises (Page
289-291): 6, 9, 10, 15 Email instructor your answers for these 4 questions. 2% (0.5 x 4) - Programming Warm-Up Exercises 10 (Page 292) - Programming Problems 4 (Page 294) 4% (2% each) Email instructor two files that contain the source code for the two programming problems, respectively. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Oct. 20. |
| Oct.
18 (9) (Midterm grade due to SAS Oct. 21-Noon) |
chapter
8 Functions |
DO DURING Friday lab session: Lessons 8-3, 8-4. Bonus 8-5. 2% |
- DO the following questions in
Exam Preparation Exercises (Page 385-386): 4, 14 Email instructor your answers for these 2 questions. 1% (0.5 x 2) - Programming Warm-Up Exercises 3, 16 (Page 387) 2% (1% each) Email instructor two files that contain the source code for the two programming problems, respectively. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Oct. 27. |
| Oct.
25 (10) |
chapter 9 Scope, lifetime, and more on functions | Continue to work on Chapter 8 Functions | No HW |
| Nov.
1 (11) |
-No lectures Monday and
Wednesday. Instructor can be reached via email. -TA will provide the usual office hours. -Midterm (quiz 3, take-home) will be posted here by Midnight of Sunday, Nov. 1 and due 10 PM, Thursday, Nov. 5. (Solution is here.) |
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| Nov.
8 (12) |
chapter
10 User-defined data types chapter 11 Arrays slides |
DO During Friday lab session Lessons 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 2% |
Exercise 11 on Page 564 (0.5%) Exercise 17 on Page 565 (0.5%) Problem 2 on Page 569 (2%) Email instructor two files, with one containing the answer to Exercises 11 and 17, and the other the source code for programming problem 2. Add EE261 on subject line of your email. Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Nov. 17. |
| Nov. 15 (13) |
chapter 12 Classes
and
abstraction C++ Compilation Process, compilation units, header files, makefile code discussed Monday: base => v1 class, data and function members, private versus public, member declaration versus definition, constructor/accessor/mutator, default constructor, object assignment, construction process (memory allocation + initialization of data members) code discussed Wednesday: v2 => v3 => v4 |
Continue to work on Arrays Lab
(Chapter 11) Exercises |
Chapter 12 Programming Problem 4 (Time class) Programming Problem 6 (Phone Number class) %4 (%2 each). Due: 10 PM, Tuesday. Nov. 24. |
| Nov. 22 (14) (No class Wed and Friday) |
chapter 18 Recursion | No lab |
|
| Nov. 29 (15) |
Review/QA sessions for final
exam. |
Chapter 12 Prelab 2% Chapter 18 Exercise 2 of Lesson 18-2 2% |
|
| Dec.
6 (16) |
final will be posted here by Midnight Sunday
Dec. 6. Email your solution to instructor by the due time. Make sure that you've spelled my email correctly. Due 1:00 p.m., Tuesday Dec. 8. (Strict deadline according to email timestamp. No late submissions will be accepted.) |
| Work |
Note |
Weight |
| Programming Lab. |
241 Snell Hall, Friday |
25% (5% for lab participation) |
| Homework Assignments |
40% |
|
| Midterm Exam (aka quiz 3) |
5% |
|
| Quiz's |
2 one-hour quiz's. |
10% |
| Final Exam |
20% |