| Week | Dates | Topic | Chapters | Assignment/Lab | Comments | 1 | 1/10-1/12 | Introduction to Computers and Programming | Chapters 1 and 2 |
There are no labs this week. Assignment 0 Lab 1 Assignment 1 |
Course intro. Programs and executables. Compilers and text editors. Output. hello.cpp Basic Hello, World code using cout. fortune.cpp Fortune teller program. |
2 | 1/15-1/19 | Variables and I/O | Chapter 2 Variables 1 Variables 2 Variable Names If Statements If Statements in Code Expressions |
Lab 2 Assignment 2 |
No class Monday Jan. 15 (Idaho Human Rights Day) Text editors (nano, vi, etc). Basic unix commands. Variables, basic I/O, conditionals, Boolean logic. Mathematical expressions and typecasts. |
3 | 1/22-1/26 | Loops | Chapter 3 Conditionals Conditionals in Code While Loops While Loops in Code |
Lab 3 Assignment 3 |
Conditionals: if; loops; Boolean logic. Code for a calculator is here. Code for the game of nim is here. List of C++ operators List of C++ keywords (reserved words) |
4 | 1/29-2/2 | More Loops | Interlude 1, Chapter 3 Do-While Loops Do-While Loops in Code For_Loops For Loops in Code |
Lab 4 Assignment 4 |
More Loops: while, do-while, and for. Code for the calculator for lab 4 is here. |
5 | 2/5-2/9 | Functions, scope |
Chapter 4
Function Example 1 Function Example 2 |
Lab 5 Assignment 5 | Functions: arguments, return values, and scope. Switch statements. Structures. | 6 | 2/12-2/16 | Testing and Classes |
Interlude 2 and Chapter 5
Intro to Classes Classes in code part A Classes in code part B Classes in code part C (constructors) |
Lab 6 Assignment 6 |
Testing, classes, objects, data members, member functions, dot notation.
Code for the pet example is here.
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7 | 2/19-2/23 | More Classes |
Chapter 5 Binary Hexadecimal |
Assignment 7 Lab 7 |
No class Monday Feb. 19 (Presidents Day). A sample exam is here. Lab 7 Example Code Visibility specifiers: public and private. Opening, reading, and writing files. *** Midterm Exam 1 on Friday, Feb 23 *** |
8 | 2/26-3/1 | Software design; arrays, binary |
Interlude 3, Chapter 5 Arrays Arrays_in_code |
Assignment 8 Lab 8 |
Design: top-down, bottom-up. Arrays, array bounds, binary and hexadecimal numbers. |
9 | 3/4-3/8 | Arrays and pass-by-reference | Chapter 6 |
Arrays, array bounds, pass-by-reference. This is a program demonstrating pointers. Please study this program over Spring Recess. |
10 | 3/11-3/15 | Spring Recess | 11 | 3/18-3/22 | Pointers | Chapter 6 |
Lab 9 Assignment 9 The game.txt file for Assignment 9 |
Pointers and memory, 2-dimensional arrays |
12 | 3/25-3/29 | Pointers |
Interlude 4 Memory and Pointers Part 1 Memory and Pointers Part 2 Memory and Pointers in Code |
Lab 10 The code to analyze for lab 10 Assignment 10 Board Game Code |
A sample exam is here. Pointers, memory. C style strings, C I/O. *** Midterm Exam 2 on Friday, Mar 29 *** |
13 | 4/1-4/5 | More Pointers | Chapter 8 |
Lab 11 Assignment 11 robotworld.cpp world.h robot.h |
C++ new and delete operators. |
14 | 4/8-4/12 | Linked lists and recursion | Chapter 8 |
Lab 12 |
Linked lists and recursion. |
15 | 4/15-4/19 | Command-line arguments | Interlude 6 |
LinkedList Code from Lecture | int main(int argc, char *argv[]); | 16 | 4/22-4/26 | Searching and Sorting | Your Instructor |
| 17 | 4/29-5/3 | No Exam Week (Course review) | Your instructor | *** Final Exam on Monday, May 6, 8:00am-10:00am *** |
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