DATE |
READINGS |
LECTURE
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PRECEPT
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WHAT'S DUE |
Mon 01/29 – Tue 01/30 |
Unix Tutorial for Beginners; Rec.: GNU Emacs Tutorial; Rec.: Linux Pocket Guide (excerpt: Programming with Shell Scripts) |
Course intro, Linux and bash
| Course intro, Computing environment
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Wed 01/31 – Thu 02/01 |
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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Mon 02/05 – Tue 02/06 |
Wikipedia DFA article |
Building C Programs, DFAs
| Simple C Programs, Program Preparation
| 2/6: Assignment 0 |
Wed 02/07 – Thu 02/08 |
King Ch. 15 |
C Program Design, Logical Ops
| C, Multi-File Programs
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Mon 02/12 – Tue 02/13 |
King Ch. 7; Rec.: GNU GDB Tutorial |
Numeric Data Types
| Multi-File C Programs, gdb
| 2/13: Assignment 1 |
Wed 02/14 – Thu 02/15 |
King Ch. 8, 11-13, 24.1; Rec.: K&P Ch. 2, 4 |
Pointers, Arrays, Strings
| C Pointers and Arrays
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Mon 02/19 – Tue 02/20 |
Rec.: GNU Make Tutorial |
Building with make
| C Strings
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Wed 02/21 – Thu 02/22 |
King Ch. 16, 17.1-6 |
Structs, arguments, dynamic memory
| Dynamic Memory Management
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Mon 02/26 – Tue 02/27 |
Rec.: K&P Ch. 6 |
Testing
| Debugging DMM
| 2/27: Assignment 2 |
Wed 02/28 – Thu 02/29 |
King Ch. 19 |
Data Structures
| Abstract Data Types
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Mon 03/04 – Tue 03/05 |
King Ch. 17.7; Rec.: K&P Ch. 5 |
Debugging
| void Pointers; Assignment 3
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Wed 03/06 |
Midterm details / study resources |
Midterm exam
| No precepts
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Mon 03/18 – Tue 03/19 |
King Ch. 10, 18; Rec.: K&P Ch. 8 |
Modularity
| Function Pointers
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Wed 03/20 – Thu 03/21 |
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Testing and Modularity (continued)
| Scope, Linkage, Duration
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Mon 03/25 – Tue 03/26 |
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Assignment 4 intro
| Abstract Objects, Assignment 4 Part 1
| 3/26: Assignment 3 |
Wed 03/27 – Thu 03/28 |
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Storage Hierarchy
| DynArray ADT, Assignment 4 Parts 2/3
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Mon 04/01 – Tue 04/02 |
P&U Ch. 2-4; Reference: ARMv8 Instruction Set; Reference: ARM Architecture |
Assembly Language (I)
| ARM and Assembly Intro
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Wed 04/03 – Thu 04/04 |
P&U Ch. 5 |
Assembly Language (II)
| Assembly Fundamentals and Control
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Mon 04/08 – Tue 04/09 |
P&U Ch. 6 |
Assembly Functions
| Assembly Control, Register Addressing
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Wed 04/10 – Thu 04/11 |
P&U Ch. 7; gdb with ARM walkthrough |
Assignment 5 intro
| Local Variables and Function Calls
| 4/11: Assignment 4 |
Mon 04/15 – Tue 04/16 |
Rec.: K&P Ch. 7 |
Performance
| BigInt_add, gdb for BigInt_add
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Wed 04/17 – Thu 04/18 |
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Assignment 6 intro
| "B" Attack Recap, Writing Binary, gdb
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Mon 04/22 – Tue 04/23 |
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Machine Language
| Mini-Assembler, "A" Attack Details
| 4/23: Assignment 5 |
Wed 04/24 |
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Assembler and Linker
| No precepts
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Wed 05/01 |
Final exam details and study resources |
 
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| 5/1: Assignment 6 |