UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Computer Science 2820
PROGRAMMING PRACTICES (former INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM PROGRAMMING)
September 2019
Title:   Programming Practices
     
Instructor:   Cezar Câmpeanu
     
Email:   ccampeanu < at > upei < dot > ca
     
Office:   CASS 408
     
Tel:   (902)566-0485
     
Textbook:   Unix: The Textbook, 3/E by Syed Mansoor Sarwar and Robert M. Koretsky
Publisher: CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group
2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-4822-3358-2
     
   
     
Course web site:   Go To: http://www.smcs.upei.ca/~ccampeanu,
and follow the links Teaching, and CS2820 under Fall 2019, or go to http://www.smcs.upei.ca/, Then follow the links: Faculty Members, Cezar Câmpeanu, Personal webpage(under Island Scholar Biography), Teaching, and CS2820 under Fall 2019.
     
General description:   This course introduces the student to development tools, system programming, elementary networking in the UNIX environment, and C programming from the perspective of a second language. Topics include shell programming, debugging, editing, file and directory management, C programming and programming tools, and development tools. This course provides the fundamental tools necessary for software development in the advanced Computer Science courses.
     
Prerequisite:   CS 152/CS1920
     
Time and Location:   Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:30-9:20, Robertson Library, 235
     
Office Hours:   Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-12:30 or anytime by appointment (please send email-)
     
Topics Include:  
  • Fundamental UNIX commands and utilities
  • some elements of C language;
  • C programming tools under UNIX (make, sccs, debugger)
  • Utility programs (for power users), data manipulation using filters
  • C Shell programming (scripts)
  • IDE's
     
   
Midterm TEST #1, Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in class
     
   
Midterm TEST #2, Friday, November 15, 2019, in class
     
   
Extra Class, Monday, December 2, 2019, at 10:00 in CASS 104
     
Final Exam:  
Young Sports Ctr, 117, December 6, 2019 at 9 am
     
Final MARKS:  
Everything Marked

     
   
Please check all your marks. They will be submitted to Registar's Office by the end of the day
     
   
Merry Christmas and a A Happy New Year!
     
ACADEMIC HONESTY:   This course is committed to the principle of academic integrity. Submitted work is expected to reflect an individual effort. Copying or cheating on assignments or tests will be dealt with harshly. Students should read Academic Regulation 20 in the UPEI Calendar at page 104 (http://files.upei.ca/calendar.pdf).
     
Avoiding Plagiarism:   The following link will help you identify and. avoid plagiarism http://resources.library.upei.ca/plagiarism/index.htm.
     
Individual Work Expectations:   You are expected to write your own code, your own proofs, your own examples, and so on. Unless explicitly specified in the assignment's text, the submitted work should be all yours.
     
Grading scheme:
Assignments Midterm Examinations Final Examination
35% 30% 35%
   
Course Resources:
  1. Assignments
  2. Handouts
  3. Moodle login
  4. Assignment Policy
  5. Virtual Machine
  6. Tentative Schedule
   
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