DATE |
READINGS |
LECTURE
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PRECEPT
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WHAT'S DUE |
Wed 09/04 – Thu 09/05 |
Unix Tutorial for Beginners; Rec.: GNU Emacs Tutorial; Rec.: Linux Pocket Guide (excerpt: Programming with Shell Scripts) |
Course intro, Linux and bash
| Computing environment
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Mon 09/09 – Tue 09/10 |
King Ch. 1-6, 7.3, 9, 14, 20.1; Rec.: K&P Ch. 1 |
Git, Intro to C
| Emacs, Bash
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Wed 09/11 – Thu 09/12 |
Wikipedia DFA article |
Building C Programs, DFAs
| Simple C Programs, Program Preparation
| 9/12: Assignment 0 |
Mon 09/16 – Tue 09/17 |
King Ch. 15 |
C Program Design, Logical Ops
| C, Multi-File Programs
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Wed 09/18 – Thu 09/19 |
King Ch. 7; Rec.: GNU GDB Tutorial |
Numeric Data Types
| Multi-File C Programs, gdb
| 9/19: Assignment 1 |
Mon 09/23 – Tue 09/24 |
King Ch. 8, 11-13, 24.1; Rec.: K&P Ch. 2, 4 |
Pointers, Arrays, Strings
| C Pointers and Arrays
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Wed 09/25 – Thu 09/26 |
Rec.: GNU Make Tutorial |
Building with make
| C Strings
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Mon 09/30 – Tue 10/01 |
King Ch. 16, 17.1-6 |
Structs, arguments, dynamic memory
| Dynamic Memory Management
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Wed 10/02 – Thu 10/03 |
Rec.: K&P Ch. 6 |
Testing
| Debugging DMM
| 10/3: Assignment 2 |
Mon 10/07 – Tue 10/08 |
King Ch. 19 |
Data Structures
| Abstract Data Types
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Wed 10/09 – Thu 10/10 |
Midterm details / study resources |
Midterm exam
| void Pointers; Assignment 3
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Mon 10/21 – Tue 10/22 |
King Ch. 17.7; Rec.: K&P Ch. 5 |
Debugging
| Function Pointers
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Wed 10/23 – Thu 10/24 |
King Ch. 10, 18; Rec.: K&P Ch. 8 |
Modularity
| Scope, Linkage, Duration
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Mon 10/28 – Tue 10/29 |
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Assignment 4 intro
| Abstract Objects, Assignment 4 Part 1
| 10/29: Assignment 3 |
Wed 10/30 – Thu 10/31 |
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VM, Storage, Caching
| DynArray ADT, Assignment 4 Parts 2/3
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Mon 11/04 – Tue 11/05 |
P&U Ch. 2-4; Reference: ARMv8 Instruction Set; Reference: ARM Architecture |
Assembly Language (I)
| ARM and Assembly Intro
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Wed 11/06 – Thu 11/07 |
P&U Ch. 5 |
Assembly Language (II)
| Assembly Fundamentals and Control
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Mon 11/11 – Tue 11/12 |
P&U Ch. 6 |
Assembly Functions
| Assembly Control, Register Addressing
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Wed 11/13 – Thu 11/14 |
P&U Ch. 7; gdb with ARM walkthrough |
Assignment 5 intro
| Local Variables and Function Calls
| 11/14: Assignment 4 |
Mon 11/18 – Tue 11/19 |
Rec.: K&P Ch. 7 |
Performance
| BigInt_add, gdb for BigInt_add
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Wed 11/20 – Thu 11/21 |
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Assignment 6 intro
| "B" Attack Recap, Writing Binary, gdb
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Mon 11/25 |
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Processes
| No precepts
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Mon 12/02 – Tue 12/03 |
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Machine Language
| Mini-Assembler, "A" Attack Details
| 12/3: Assignment 5 |
Wed 12/04 |
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Assembler and Linker
| No precepts
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Tue 12/10 |
Final exam details and study resources |
 
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| 12/10: Assignment 6 |