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Syllabus week! Today we will look at what this course is and how it's organized, and strategies for success.

• Introduction
• Course overview

Basic

Advanced

Content and Videos

1 - What is a command line?

2 - What is Unix?

3 - Getting around the Unix command line

4 - Playing around with the Unix command line

5 - Getting an SSH key

Quiz due at Fri, Sep 15 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Let's get acquainted with the command line :)

• What is a command line?
• Intro to *nix

Basic

Due Fri, Sep 29 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

• Getting access to Unix(-like) command line
• Getting access to the course server
• Some light reading

Advanced

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Enjoy a week off!

Basic

Advanced

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1 - What is version control?

2 - What is Git?

3 - GITing around

4 - GITing things back

5 - Git branches

6 - Git remotes

Quiz due at Fri, Sep 29 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be taking a bit of a detour and looking at the basics of version control and Git

• What is version control?
• Basic Git flow
• Git branches
• A taste of Git remotes

Basic

Due Wed, Oct 11 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Connecting to the course server
• Setting up an existing code base
• Making and merging topic/feature branches
• Setting up a remote
• Running the autograder

Advanced

Due Wed, Oct 11 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

• Recovering data with Git

Content and Videos

1 - What is Unix 2, Electric Boogaloo (2:03)

2 - Unix principles (4:39)

3 - Unix processes (16:26)

4 - Unix files (12:11)

5 - Shell background (2:17)

6 - Shell operation (8:28)

7 - Variables (4:35)

8 - Walking the PATH (3:41)

9 - Executables and shell scripts (8:02)

Quiz due at Fri, Oct 06 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be looking at Unix and its workings and how they tie into Bash and other shells.

• What is Unix?
• How does Unix work?
• Interacting with Unix via Shells

Basic

Due Fri, Oct 20 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

• Redirection
• Pipelines
• Variables

Advanced

Due Fri, Oct 20 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Writing a minimal shell

Content and Videos

1 - Shell introduction (2:39)

2 - Job control (13:41)

3 - File redirection++ (11:02)

4 - Command grouping (3:47)

5 - Expansions (15:19)

6 - Quoting (4:35)

7 - Control flow (23:16)

8 - Sourcing (3:40)

9 - Shell configuration (5:31)

Quiz due at Fri, Oct 13 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be at how to take advantage of Bash.

• Shell operation
• Expansion
• Control flow
• Scripts
• Configuration

Basic

Due Wed, Oct 25 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Pipelines
• Expansions
• Control flow
• Functions
• Scripting

Advanced

Due Wed, Oct 25 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

• Shell prompt configuration

Content and Videos

1 - Regex introduction (4:33)

2 - Character literals (4:05)

3 - Special characters (9:15)

4 - Brackets (5:56)

5 - Quantifiers (7:27)

6 - Anchors (4:53)

7 - Backreferences (6:10)

Quiz due at Fri, Oct 20 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be going into regular expressions.

• Regular expressions

Basic

Due Wed, Nov 01 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Regexes with grep
• Regexes with sed

Advanced

Due Wed, Nov 01 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Pig Latin conversion with sed

Content and Videos

1 - Fixing commits (12:49)

2 - Rebase (12:45)

3 - Caveats of rewriting history (5:34)

4 - Stash (4:07)

5 - Remotes and tracking (10:12)

6 - Workflows (19:42)

7 - Conflicts (7:47)

Quiz due at Fri, Oct 27 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be reviewing and working through some examples and using Bash and then go into regular expressions.

• Rewriting history
• Stashing
• Remotes
• Workflows
• Merge conflicts

Basic

Due Wed, Nov 08 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Changing remotes
• Dealing with a merge conflict
• Cleaning up by rebasing

Advanced

Due Wed, Nov 08 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Git hooks

Content and Videos

1 - What are programs? (3:20)

2 - What is a build system? (3:11)

3 - What is Make? (1:29)

4 - Rules and targets (9:34)

5 - Variables (6:37)

6 - Automatic variables (5:46)

7 - Functions and expansions (1:26)

8 - Pattern matching (6:24)

Quiz due at Fri, Nov 03 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be looking at how code gets built and the tools that help them out

• Building programs
• Build systems
• Make

Basic

Due Wed, Nov 15 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Basic Makefile
• Makefile phonies
• Makefile dependencies
• Variables and reuse

Advanced

Due Wed, Nov 15 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• More Make
• CMake

Content and Videos

1 - Intro (0:46)

2 - What is Python? (3:11)

3 - Variables and data (3:34)

4 - Types (9:39)

5 - Expressions (3:26)

6 - Comprehensions (2:58)

7 - Simple statements (1:26)

8 - Compound statements (1:51)

9 - Functions (0:42)

10 - Classes (1:35)

11 - Modules (3:10)

12 - Conclusion (0:26)

Quiz due at Fri, Nov 10 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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Today we'll be taking a look at how to program a snake

• Higher level scripting
• What is Python?
• Python extras

Basic

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Getting settled with Python

Advanced

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

• MATLAB alternative
• Your own path

Content and Videos

1 - Intro (1:12)

2 - Types of libraries (4:41)

3 - Using libraries (7:26)

4 - Creating libraries (15:17)

Quiz due at Fri, Nov 10 at 10:30 am on Canvas

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We'll be looking into the idea of libraries, how to use them, and how to create them. This class will be in the context of C and C++, but the general idea can apply to other languages as well.

• What are libraries?
• Using existing libraries
• Creating your own

Basic

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Linking against libraries
• Creating libraries

Advanced

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

• Runtime library linking

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Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!

Basic

Advanced

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We'll be taking a dip into testing software

• What is and why testing?
• Kinds of testing
• Unit testing
• Test-driven development
• Live TTD demo

Basic

Advanced

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In another semester, we'll have handed the floor over to our IAs to give some small classs

Basic

Due Wed, Dec 06 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• How's it going?

Advanced

Due Wed, Dec 06 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• Internships/jobs/summer plans

Content and Videos

1 - Intro (1:25)

2 - The editors around us (9:01)

3 - Intro to Vim (15:07)

4 - Vim counts, motions, and operators (3:00)

5 - Vim macros (3:26)

6 - Vim configuration (3:35)

Quiz due at Fri, Dec 08 at 11:59 pm on Canvas

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Today we'll be looking at text editor history and look at more "advanced" text editor features, featuring Vim

• Text editor history
• vim

Basic

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• Getting familiar with terminal editors

Advanced

Due Fri, Dec 01 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• Extending editors

Content and Videos

1 -Intro (0:27)

2 - Print debugging (9:30)

3 - Logging (13:00)

4 - Interactive debuggers feat. GDB and LLDB (21:04)

5 - Valgrind Memcheck (7:09)

6 - Conclusion (9:14)

Quiz due at Fri, Dec 08 at 11:59 pm on Canvas

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We'll be looking at methods for debugging C/C++ programs

• printf
• Logging
• GDB
• Valgrind

Basic

Due Wed, Dec 06 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• Using GDB to debug a C/C++ program
• Using Valgrind to check for memory errors

Advanced

Due Wed, Dec 06 at 11:59 pm - pdf

• Debugging a running process
• Your debugging process
• Pretty printing