Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Szymon Rusinkiewicz

Spring 2018

Overview

Week-by-Week

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

Week 1: 2/5 - 2/11

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

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 1 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (recommended): Unix Tutorial for Beginners

Reading (recommended): GNU Emacs Tutorial

Reading (recommended): Linux Pocket Guide (Barrett) pp. 166-179 (concerning composing Bash shell scripts) (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (recommended): Wikipedia "Deterministic finite automaton" article

Lecture 1: (Monday) Introduction; C Overview

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

Lecture 2: (Wednesday) A Taste of C

Precept 2: (Wednesday/Thursday) Linux and Bash; Emacs

(Sunday 2/11) Introductory Survey Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 2: 2/12 - 2/18

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 20.1

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

Reading (recommended): GNU GDB Tutorial

Lecture 3: (Monday) Number Systems

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

Lecture 4: (Wednesday) Data Types in C

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

(Sunday 2/18) De-Comment Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 3: 2/19 - 2/25

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 24.1

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

Lecture 5: (Monday) The Design of C (Operators, Statements, I/O)

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

Lecture 6: (Wednesday) Testing

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

Week 4: 2/26 - 3/4

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

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 2, 5

Reading (recommended): GNU Make Tutorial

Lecture 7: (Monday) Building; Debugging Part 1

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

(Wednesday 2/28) String Module Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Lecture 8: (Wednesday) Debugging (Part 2); Data Structures

Precept 8: (Wednesday/Thursday) Tools for Debugging Dynamic Memory Management; Abstract Data Types in C

Week 5: 3/5 - 3/11

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 19, 22

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 1, 4, 8

Lecture 9: (Monday) Modularity

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

Lecture 10: (Wednesday) Programming Style

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

(Sunday 3/11) Symbol Table Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 6: 3/12 - 3/18

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

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

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 5.1-5

Reading (recommended, for reference only): OProfile Manual

Lecture 11: (Monday) Performance Improvement

Precept 11: (Monday/Tuesday) C Declarations and Definitions

Lecture 12: (Wednesday) Midterm Examination (Midterm Exam Prep Document, Midterm Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, This Semester's Exam, Answers to This Semester's Exam)

Precept 12: (Wednesday/Thursday) NO PRECEPT

Week 7: 3/19 - 3/25

(Monday - Sunday) Spring Recess

Week 8: 3/26 - 4/1

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 3 (OK to skip 3.11) (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 1: Basic Architecture

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 3: System Programming Guide

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Using as

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: 4/2 - 4/8

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

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

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

Lecture 16: (Wednesday) Language-Levels Tour: Machine Language

Precept 16: (Wednesday/Thursday) Assembly Language: Local Variables, Functions, The Assignment 4 BigInt_add Function

Week 10: 4/9 - 4/15

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.1-8.3 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 6

Lecture 17: (Monday) Assembler and Linker; Buffer Overrun (same slides as last time)

Precept 17: (Monday/Tuesday) Linux and Bash (Part 2)

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

(Wednesday 4/11) Assembly Language and Testing Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

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

Week 11: 4/16 - 4/22

Reading (required): The C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie) 8.7 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 9 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Lecture 19: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Storage Hierarchy and Virtual Memory

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

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

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

(Sunday 4/22) Buffer Overrun Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 12: 4/23 - 4/29

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.4 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Lecture 21: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management (cont., same as Lecture 20)

Precept 21: (Monday/Tuesday) The HeapMgr Assignment: Doubly-Linked List Implementation Data Structures, Algorithms, and (Partial) Code, Bins Implementation Data Structures, Algorithms, and (Partial) Code

Lecture 22: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Process Management

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

Week 13: 4/30 - 5/6

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

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.5 (available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section)

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 24.2-3

Lecture 23: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: I/O Management

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

(Wednesday 5/2) Heap Manager Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

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

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

Week 14: 5/7 - 5/13

(Monday - Sunday) Reading Period

Week 15: 5/14 - 5/20

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Tuesday 5/15) Shell Assignment Due (at 5:00PM)

(Wednesday - Sunday) Final Examination Period

Week 16: 5/21 - 5/27

(Monday - Saturday) Final Examination Period

(Monday 5/21) Final Exam Prep Session, 1:30PM, CS Building 105

(Wednesday 5/23) Final Exam Prep Session, 1:30PM, Friend Center 006

(Thursday 5/24) Final Examination, 7:30PM, Friend Center 101 (Final Exam Prep Document, Final Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, This Semester's Exam, Answers to This Semester's Exam)