Do the following, before the next class (in 2011 that's Tuesday 1/18).
Part 1: Acclimatization
1. Send Dr. J an e-mail at jeffery@cs.uidaho.edu.
In it, please indicate what e-mail address I should use to contact
you with course-related information.
2. Verify that you are able to locate and post to the CS428 Forum.
It is online under https://forums.cs.uidaho.edu. Post a reply to
the topic "Welcome to the CS 428/528 Forum". You will need a
working CS userid/password in order to login.
3. Find Dr. J's office and stop by to pickup your "graphics book".
It is JEB 230. Idaho Falls students: your graphics books should
be there (or arrive very soon). See Deborah McQueen.
4. Visit http://unicon.org; download and install Unicon on your
development machine. Generally you have to modify your PATH by hand
to add Unicon's bin/ directory.
Please consult with Dr. J for assistance. Note: you do not need to
download and install on CS lab Linux boxes, Dr. J has done that.
5. Test your Unicon install by compiling and running the following
program. E-mail Dr. J the result.
# name this file hw1.icn
# compile with "unicon hw1", run with "hw1" (or maybe ./hw1)
procedure main()
write(&version)
every write(&features)
end
6. Read Chapters 1-2 of the
Unicon games book.
Although you may want to download a local copy of
this and the Unicon book for this course, these documents are likely to
be updated during the semester with new content and with corrections.
Part 2: Note-taking
Each week this semester, we will have a
combination of lecture materials
from the Rabin book, plus materials from Dr. J. You will sign up for one
week during the semester in which you will take detailed notes based on
the lecture and send them to Dr. J for posting to the class. Your goal:
supplement and correct Dr. J's online lecture notes. Catch items that
were said in the lecture that are not in the notes. Sign up by e-mail.
First-come first-served; names will be added to the Schedule as they are
received. Notes are due by 5pm on the Monday following your week.