CS23021 Sections 003 and 004 CS1 - Programming and Problem Solving - Fall2008

CS 23021 CS1 - Programming and Problem Solving

Section 001 and 002

M W 9:15 am - 10:30 pm, 115 MSB, Call No. 14069 and 14070

Instructor

Dr. L. Gwenn Volkert

Homepage	www.cs.kent.edu/~volkert
Office	216 MSB
Phone & VoiceMail	(330) 672-9037
Mailbox	239 MSB
Email	volkert@cs.kent.edu
Office Hours	Monday and Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, other times may be scheduled by appointment. Many questions can easily be handled through email.
Lab Instructor	Natalia Dragan
Course Grader	TBD

General Information

Textbook: Problem Solving With C++ by Walter J. Savitch, Addison-Wesley, 2006, Sixth Edition, ISBN: 0321412699

syllabus

subversion repository (instructor access only)

grades

Project and Quiz dates are tentative until they appear in a strong red font.

Projects

All projects must be submitted electronically to seperate directories within the svn repository, as in the following example for Project1:

http://classes.cs.kent.edu/courses/cs23021/svn/YOURSECTION/YOURLOGIN/cs23021_student/Project1

Project 1 - posted on September 22, 2008, DUE DATE: October 3, 2008
exampleinput

example.html

Project 2 - posted on October 7, 2008, Part One* DUE DATE: October 20, 2008, Part Two DUE DATE: October 24, 2008

*Part One Requirments: at least the following four functions and appropriate drivers completed
1. prompt for input and obtain input from user
2. calculate windchill
3. calculate summer simmer index
4. printout calculated temp along with weather advisory warning message
Project 3 - posted on Novermber 10, 2008, DUE DATE: Novermber 24, 2008
Project 4 - posted on Novermber 27, 2008, DUE DATE: December 10, 2008
set.h - Set class definition file

Lab Information

CS1 Lab Homepage

Tenative Class Schedule

lecture#	date	quiz/ project	topic	examples	book chapter (read before class)
1.	8/25		Course Overview and Motivation		1.1-1.2
2.	8/27		introduction and history of C++ 3-up	hello world	1.3-1.4
3.	9/3		C++ program outline 3-up	area	2.1-2.2
4.	9/8	Q1	variables, identifiers, and assignment statements 3-up	escape sequences	2.3-2.4
5.	9/10		data/variable types 3-up	shortcut, mass	2.3-2.4
6.	9/15		expressions, assignments, and introduction to the IF statement 3-up	If	2.5
7.	9/17		branching constructs, IF-ELSE and SWITCH 3-up	Switch	3.1-3-2
8.	9/22	Q2	iterative constructs: while, do-while, for 3-up	While, For	3.2-3-3
10.	9/29		predefined functions (library functions) 3-up	doghouse, equation	4.1-4.3
11.	10/1	P1	Procedural abstraction for problem solving		4.4-4.6
12.	10/6		local and global variables, call-by-value, design techniques 3-up	add1, lawoffice	5.1-5.2
13.	10/8		call-by-value, function design techniques 3-up	windchill	5.1-5.2
14.	10/13	Q3	void-functions and call-by-reference 3-up	icecream, swap, valVSref	5.3-5.4
15.	10/15		More on procedural abstraction, strategies for testing functions and seperate compilation	More Functions	5.5 & 12.1
16.	10/20	P2	File I/O, 3-up	File I/O	6.1
17.	10/22		Stream Objects and formating output, 3-up	File I/O	6.2
18.	10/27		** Midterm ** content through Lecture 16 (Chapters 1-6 of textbook)	Study Guide
19.	10/29		Arrays, 3-up	Arrays	7.1-7.2
20.	11/3		More on Arrays, 3-up	More on Arrays	7.3
21.	11/5		Character level I/O, 3-up	File I/O	6.3
22.	11/10		Strings, 3-up	Strings	8.1-8.2
23.	11/12		Using Strings, 3-up	Strings	8.3
24.	11/17	Q4	pointers 3-up	pointers	9.1
25.	11/19		structures 3-up	structures	10.1
26.	11/24		classes 3-up	classes	10.2
27.	11/26	P3	abstract data types (ADTs) 3-up	bankaccount	10.3
28.	12/1		new and delete operations, dynamic memory, dynamic objects 3-up	dynamic memory, object arrays	9.2
29.	12/3	Q5	more about classes 3-up	overloading, friends	11.1 & 11.2
30.	12/8		Final Exam, Monday, 10:15 a.m - 12:30 p.m.	Study Guide

Resources and Quick Reference Cards

URL: http://www.cs.kent.edu/~volkert/cs23021/F08/