Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Jaswinder Pal Singh

Fall 2010

The schedule will change throughout the course. Please check it frequently.

Week 0: 9/16 - 9/19

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 1

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 1

Lecture 1: (Thursday) Introduction; C Overview

Week 1: 9/20 - 9/26

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 2,3,4,5,6,7

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 2

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 1,2,4

Precept 1: (Monday/Tuesday) Introduction; The Computing Environment; Program Preparation

Lecture 2: (Tuesday) C Examples

Precept 2: (Wednesday/Thursday) Unix; Bash; Emacs

Lecture 3: (Thursday) The Design of C

Week 2: 9/27 - 10/3

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 14,15

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 6

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 3

Precept 3: (Monday/Tuesday) Simple C Programs; C Fundamentals

Lecture 4: (Tuesday) The Design of C (cont.)

Precept 4: (Wednesday/Thursday) Multi-File C Programs; GDB

Lecture 5: (Thursday) Testing

(Sunday) De-Comment Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 3: 10/4 - 10/10

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 8,9,11,12,13

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 5,7

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 6,7,8,9

Precept 5: (Monday/Tuesday) C Pointers and Arrays

Lecture 6: (Tuesday) Debugging

Precept 6: (Wednesday/Thursday) C Arrays and Strings

Lecture 7: (Thursday) Building and Performance

Week 4: 10/11 - 10/17

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 16,17,22

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 1,2

Precept 7: (Monday/Tuesday) C Command-Line Arguments; C Files; C Structures; C Dynamic Memory Management

Lecture 8: (Tuesday) Program and Programming Style

(Tuesday) String Module Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Precept 8: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Meminfo Tool; Abstract Data Types in C

Lecture 9: (Thursday) Data Structures and Algorithms

Week 5: 10/18 - 10/24

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 19

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 4,8

Precept 9: (Monday/Tuesday) C Void Pointers; The Symbol Table Assignment

Lecture 10: (Tuesday) Modularity

Precept 10: (Wednesday/Thursday) C Function Pointers; A DynArray ADT

Lecture 11: (Thursday) Generics

(Sunday) Symbol Table Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 6: 10/25 - 10/31

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 10,18

Precept 11: (Monday/Tuesday) C Declarations and Definitions; Midterm Exam Prep Sheet

Lecture 12: (Tuesday) Exam Prep

Precept 12: (Wednesday/Thursday) NO PRECEPT

Lecture 13: (Thursday) Midterm Examination (Midterm Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters) (This semester's exam) (Answers to this semester's exam)

Week 7: 11/1 - 11/7

(Monday - Sunday) Fall Recess

Week 8: 11/8 - 11/14

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 3 (OK to skip 3.13 and 3.14)

Reading (recommended, for reference only): IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 1: Basic Architecture

Reading (recommended, for reference only):IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference

Reading (recommended, for reference only): IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 3: System Programming Guide

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification

Precept 13: (Monday/Tuesday) Assembly Language: Getting Started

Lecture 14: (Tuesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 1

Precept 14: (Wednesday/Thursday) Assembly Language: Fundamentals, Control Transfer (Part 1)

Lecture 15: (Thursday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 2

Week 9: 11/15 - 11/21

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 5,7

Precept 15: (Monday/Tuesday) Assembly Language: Control Transfer (Part 2), Instruction Operands, GDB for Assembly Language (Part 1)

Lecture 16: (Tuesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language Functions Calls

Precept 16: (Wednesday/Thursday) Assembly Language: Local Variables, Functions, GDB for Assembly Language (Part 2)

Lecture 17: (Thursday) Language-Levels Tour: Assemblers, Linkers, Machine Language

Week 10: 11/22 - 11/28

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.1-8.3

Reading (required): Communications of the ACM "Detection and Prevention of Stack Buffer Overflow Attacks" paper

Precept 17: (Monday/Tuesday) The Buffer Overrun Assignment

Lecture 18: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Exceptions and Processes

(Tuesday) Assembly Language Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

(Thursday - Friday) Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 11: 11/29 - 12/5

Reading (required): The C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie) 8.7

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 9

Precept 18: (Monday/Tuesday) C Abstract Objects; The HeapMgr Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 19: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Memory Management

Precept 19: (Wednesday/Thursday) The HeapMgr Assignment: Baseline Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, Baseline Implementation Code

Lecture 20: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 1

(Sunday) Buffer Overrun Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 12: 12/6 - 12/12

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.4

Precept 20: (Monday/Tuesday) The HeapMgr Assignment: First Assignment Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, First Assignment Implementation Code (partial), Second Assignment Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms

Lecture 21: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 2

Precept 21: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 22: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Process Management, I/O Management

Week 13: 12/13 - 12/19

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.5

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 10

Precept 22: (Monday/Tuesday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Processes

Lecture 23: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Performance Revisited

(Tuesday) Heap Manager Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Precept 23: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: I/O Redirection and Signals

Lecture 24: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Signals

Week 14: 12/20 - 12/26

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 15: 12/27 - 1/2

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 16: 1/3 - 1/9

(Tuesday - Sunday) Reading Period

(Sunday) Shell Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 17: 1/10 - 1/16

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Thursday) Exam Prep Session (4:00PM in Computer Science Building 105) (Final Exam Prep Handout)

(Friday) Exam Prep Session (3:30PM in Computer Science Building 105) (Final Exam Prep Handout)

(Saturday) Final Examination (on 1/15 at 7:30 PM in 20 Washington Road, Old Frick 120) (Final Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters) (This Semester's Exam) (Answers to This Semester's Exam)

Week 18: 1/17 - 1/22

(Monday - Saturday) Final Examination Period