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Syllabus

Jan 09, 2026

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Class

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Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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

  • Introduction
  • Course overview

1

Intro and getting started

Jan 16, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - What is a command line? [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - What is Unix? [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Getting around the Unix command line [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Playing around with the Unix command line [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Getting an SSH key [ Play | Link ]

Quiz due at Fri, Jan 16 at 10:30 am on Canvas

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

Let's get acquainted with the command line :)

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

Basic

Due Mon, Jan 26 at 11:59 pm on EECS 201 Autograder - pdf

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

2

GITing started

Jan 23, 2026

Content and Videos

Quiz due at Fri, Jan 23 at 10:30 am on Canvas

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap. · CoE Lec. Cap.

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 Mon, Feb 02 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

Submission due Mon, Feb 02 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Feb 03 to Fri, Feb 13

  • Recovering data with Git

3

Unix and You

Jan 30, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - What is Unix 2, Electric Boogaloo (2:03) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Unix principles (4:39) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Unix processes (16:26) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Unix files (12:11) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Shell background (2:17) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Shell operation (8:28) [ Play | Link ]
  • 7 - Variables (4:35) [ Play | Link ]
  • 8 - Walking the PATH (3:41) [ Play | Link ]
  • 9 - Executables and shell scripts (8:02) [ Play | Link ]

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

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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 Mon, Feb 09 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Redirection
  • Pipelines
  • File modes

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Feb 09 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Feb 10 to Fri, Feb 20

  • Writing a minimal shell

4

Shells

Feb 06, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - Shell introduction (2:39) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Job control (13:41) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - File redirection++ (11:02) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Command grouping (3:47) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Expansions (15:19) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Quoting (4:35) [ Play | Link ]
  • 7 - Control flow (23:16) [ Play | Link ]
  • 8 - Sourcing (3:40) [ Play | Link ]
  • 9 - Shell configuration (5:31) [ Play | Link ]

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

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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

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

Basic

Due Mon, Feb 16 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Pipelines
  • Expansions
  • Control flow
  • Functions
  • Scripting

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Feb 16 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Feb 17 to Fri, Feb 27

  • Shell prompt configuration

5

Regular Expressions

Feb 13, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - Regex introduction (4:33) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Character literals (4:05) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Special characters (9:15) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Brackets (5:56) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Quantifiers (7:27) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Anchors (4:53) [ Play | Link ]
  • 7 - Backreferences (6:10) [ Play | Link ]

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

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

Today we'll be going into regular expressions.

  • Regular expressions

Basic

Due Mon, Feb 23 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Regexes with grep
  • Regexes with sed

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Feb 23 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Feb 24 to Fri, Mar 13

  • Pig Latin conversion with sed

6

Git Gud

Feb 20, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - Fixing commits (12:49) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Rebase (12:45) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Caveats of rewriting history (5:34) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Stash (4:07) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Remotes and tracking (10:12) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Workflows (19:42) [ Play | Link ]
  • 7 - Conflicts (7:47) [ Play | Link ]

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

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

Today we'll be taking a deeper look at Git.

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

Basic

Due Mon, Mar 16 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

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

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Mar 16 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Mar 17 to Fri, Mar 27

  • Git hooks

Break (No Class)

Feb 27, 2026

Content and Videos

Class

Enjoy your winter (spring?) break!

Break (No Class)

Mar 06, 2026

Content and Videos

Class

Enjoy your winter (spring?) break!

7

Build Systems and Make

Mar 13, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - What are programs? (3:20) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - What is a build system? (3:11) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - What is Make? (1:29) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Rules and targets (9:34) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Variables (6:37) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Automatic variables (5:46) [ Play | Link ]
  • 7 - Functions and expansions (1:26) [ Play | Link ]
  • 8 - Pattern matching (6:24) [ Play | Link ]

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

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Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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

  • Building programs
  • Build systems
  • Make

Basic

Due Mon, Mar 23 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

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

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Mar 23 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Mar 24 to Fri, Apr 03

  • More Make
  • CMake

8

Python

Mar 20, 2026

Content and Videos

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

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class

Slides: remark(down) · printable

Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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

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

Basic

Due Mon, Mar 30 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Getting settled with Python

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Mar 30 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Mar 31 to Fri, Apr 10

  • MATLAB alternative
  • Your own path

9

Libraries

Mar 27, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - Intro (1:12) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Types of libraries (4:41) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Using libraries (7:26) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Creating libraries (15:17) [ Play | Link ]

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

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Class

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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 Mon, Apr 06 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Linking against libraries
  • Creating libraries

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Apr 06 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Apr 07 to Fri, Apr 17

  • Runtime library linking

10

Text Editors

Apr 03, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 - Intro (1:25) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - The editors around us (9:01) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Intro to Vim (15:07) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Vim counts, motions, and operators (3:00) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Vim macros (3:26) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Vim configuration (3:35) [ Play | Link ]

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

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Class

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Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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 Mon, Apr 13 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

  • Getting familiar with terminal editors

Advanced

Submission due Mon, Apr 13 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Tue, Apr 14 to Tue, Apr 21

  • Extending editors

11

Debugging

Apr 10, 2026

Content and Videos

  • 1 -Intro (0:27) [ Play | Link ]
  • 2 - Print debugging (9:30) [ Play | Link ]
  • 3 - Logging (13:00) [ Play | Link ]
  • 4 - Interactive debuggers feat. GDB and LLDB (21:04) [ Play | Link ]
  • 5 - Valgrind Memcheck (7:09) [ Play | Link ]
  • 6 - Conclusion (9:14) [ Play | Link ]

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

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Class

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Class Recordings: CoE Lec. Cap.

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

  • printf
  • Logging
  • GDB
  • Valgrind

Basic

Due Fri, Apr 17 at 11:59 pm on EECS GitLab - pdf

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

Advanced

Submission due Fri, Apr 17 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf
Checkoffs in lab from Mon, Apr 20 to Tue, Apr 21

  • Debugging a running process
  • Your debugging process

Conclusion (No Class)

Apr 17, 2026

Content and Videos

Class

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

Basic

Due Fri, Apr 17 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope - pdf

  • How's it going?
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