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