Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Vivek Pai

Spring 2010

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

Week 1: 2/1 - 2/7

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 1, 2 ,3

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

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 1, 2, 3, 4

Lecture 1: (Monday) Introduction; C Overview

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

Lecture 2: (Wednesday) C Examples

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

Week 2: 2/8 - 2/14

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15

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

Lecture 3: (Monday) The Design of C

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

Lecture 4: (Wednesday) Testing (Cancelled. Snowpocalypse. Snowmageddon. Death by snow-snow.)

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

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

Week 3: 2/15 - 2/21

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

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 5, 6

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

Lecture 5: (Monday) The Design of C (cont.)

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

Lecture 6: (Wednesday) Debugging

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

Week 4: 2/22 - 2/28

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

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

Lecture 7: (Monday) Program and Programming Style

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

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

Lecture 8: (Wednesday) Data Structures and Algorithms

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

Week 5: 3/1 - 3/7

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 19

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

Lecture 9: (Monday) Modularity

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

Lecture 10: (Wednesday) Generics

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

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

Week 6: 3/8 - 3/14

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

Lecture 11: (Monday) Exam Prep

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

Lecture 12: (Wednesday) Midterm Examination (Midterm Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters)

Precept 12: (Wednesday/Thursday) NO PRECEPT

Week 7: 3/15 - 3/21

(Monday - Sunday) Spring Recess

Week 8: 3/22 - 3/28

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 3 (OK to skip 3.14 and 3.15)

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

Lecture 13: (Monday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 1

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

Lecture 14: (Wednesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 2

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

Week 9: 3/29 - 4/4

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 5.1-6, 7

Lecture 15: (Monday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language Functions Calls

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

Lecture 16: (Wednesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assemblers, Linkers, Machine Language

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

Week 10: 4/5 - 4/11

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.1-8.3, 10.1-8

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

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

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

Lecture 17: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Exceptions and Processes

Precept 17: (Monday/Tuesday) Building and Performance

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

Lecture 18: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Memory Management

Precept 18: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Buffer Overrun Assignment

Week 11: 4/12 - 4/18

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

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 10.9-13

Lecture 19: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 1

Precept 19: (Monday/Tuesday) C Abstract Objects; The HeapMgr Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 20: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 2

Precept 20: (Wednesday/Thursday) The HeapMgr Assignment: Baseline Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, Baseline Implementation Code

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

Week 12: 4/19 - 4/25

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.4-5

Lecture 21: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Process Management, I/O Management

Precept 21: (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 22: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Signals

Precept 22: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Introduction

Week 13: 4/26 - 5/2

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 11

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

Lecture 23: (Monday) Portability

Precept 23: (Monday/Tuesday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Processes

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

Lecture 24: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Performance Revisited

Precept 24: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: I/O Redirection and Signals

Week 14: 5/3 - 5/9

(Monday - Sunday) Reading Period

Week 15: 5/10 - 5/16

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Tuesday) Shell Assignment Due (at 5:00PM)

(Wednesday - Sunday) Final Examination Period

Week 16: 5/17 - 5/22

(Monday - Saturday) Final Examination Period

(Monday, Tuesday) Exam Prep Sessions (1:30PM in Friend Center 004) (Final Exam Prep Handout)

(Thursday) Final Exam (1:30PM, Friend Center 101) (Final Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters)