CMSC 341 Course Introduction Fall 2014 UMBC CMSC

CMSC 341 Course Introduction – Fall 2014 UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 1

Course Website Instructor site: on Black. Board Central portal: on Black. Board www. cs. umbc. edu/courses/undergraduate/341 (as a backup) Instructors office hours (Instructor site) TA names and office hours (Instructor Site) TAs grade projects Syllabus (Central site) Class schedule including project, homework and exam dates (Instructor Site Grading (Central site) Lecture slides (Central/Instructor site) Projects (Central site) UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 2

Student Honor Code UMBC Student Honor Code By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, but is not limited to, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult the UMBC Student Handbook, the Faculty Handbook, or the UMBC Policies section of the UMBC Directory. http: //www. umbc. edu/provost/integrity/index. html UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 3

Textbook Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++, 4/E Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University Publisher: Pearson the third edition is probably fine Textbook website - source code and errata page http: //users. cis. fiu. edu/~weiss/ UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 4

Prerequisites CMSC 202 – Object Oriented Programming Class design Method overloading and overriding Generic container classes C++ language what if I don’t know C++? CMSC 203 Proof by induction Permutations and combinations UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 5

Grade distribution 100 points total Homework (x 6): 12 points total Exams (x 2) = 30 points total Final Exam = 20 points total Project 0 = 3 pts total Projects 1 -5 (programming assgn) = 35 points total MAX 10 BONUS Points UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 6

Projects and Grace Days • Projects are allowed to be late • • Up to 3 days MAX Then just a 0 • You are allowed to use 3 Grace Days • • • Can be spent any where you want Grace Days are applied automatically Extra Grace Days are just wasted Fall 2013 UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 7

Data Structure What is a “data structure”? How are they implemented? UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 8

Abstract Data Type What is an ADT? UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 9

Why switch from Java to C++? C++ remains a popular language in industry C++ is more suitable for 400 -level courses such as OS and Graphics No one vendor “owns” C++ Java includes many of the data structures featured in this course. So does C++, as part of the Standard Template Library (STL) Java is more Platform Independent, but C++ is faster APIs for both languages are extensive UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 10

Course Tools -- Eclipse • If you wish to develop your project on your laptop or PC, you might consider an IDE such as Eclipse. • There is a learning curve to any IDE, including Eclipse. • The current version of Eclipse for your PC can be found at http: //www. eclipse. org • Check out the course resource page for help with Eclipse. • I prefer emacs and make UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 11

Course Tools – Visual Studio • • Less buggy Not as many nice features Free through Dream. Spark Videos on how to use in Black. Board under “UMBC Rookies” Fall 2013 UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 12

Course Tools - Submissions • Project 0 uses CVS • Only time we use CVS • Projects 1 – 5 • Similar to submit • Covered in detail in Project 1 • You may use any IDE to develop your programs to be submitted for credit • HOWEVER, the program needs to be able to run on GL in order to get credit • If it runs on your laptop, but not on GL, it doesn’t run, and it won’t count UMBC CMSC 341 Intro 13