Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Jaswinder Pal Singh

Fall 2012

The schedule will change throughout the course. Please check it frequently.

Week 0: 9/10 - 9/16

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 1

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 1

Lecture 1: (Thursday) Introduction; C Overview

Week 1: 9/17 - 9/23

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20.1

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 2

Reading (recommended): Unix Tutorial for Beginners

Reading (recommended): GNU Emacs Tutorial

Precept 1: (Monday/Tuesday) Introduction; The Computing Environment; Program Preparation

Lecture 2: (Tuesday) C Examples

Precept 2: (Wednesday/Thursday) Unix; Bash; Emacs

Lecture 3: (Thursday) Number Systems

Week 2: 9/24 - 9/30

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 14, 15

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 6

Reading (recommended): GNU GDB Tutorial

Precept 3: (Monday/Tuesday) Simple C Programs; C Fundamentals

Lecture 4: (Tuesday) The Design of C

Precept 4: (Wednesday/Thursday) Multi-File C Programs; GDB

Lecture 5: (Thursday) Testing

(Sunday 9/30) De-Comment Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 3: 10/1 - 10/7

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 5, 7

Reading (recommended): GNU Make Tutorial

Reading (recommended): GNU Gprof Tutorial

Precept 5: (Monday/Tuesday) C Pointers and Arrays

Lecture 6: (Tuesday) Debugging

Precept 6: (Wednesday/Thursday) C Arrays and Strings

Lecture 7: (Thursday) Building and Performance

Week 4: 10/8 - 10/14

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 16, 17, 22

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 1, 2

Precept 7: (Monday/Tuesday) C Command-Line Arguments; C Structures; C Dynamic Memory Management

Lecture 8: (Tuesday) Program and Programming Style

(Tuesday 10/9) String Module Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Precept 8: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Meminfo Tool; Abstract Data Types in C

Lecture 9: (Thursday) Data Structures and Algorithms

Week 5: 10/15 - 10/21

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 19

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 4, 8

Precept 9: (Monday/Tuesday) C Void Pointers; The Symbol Table Assignment

Lecture 10: (Tuesday) Modularity

Precept 10: (Wednesday/Thursday) C Function Pointers; A DynArray ADT

Lecture 11: (Thursday) Generics

(Sunday 10/21) Symbol Table Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 6: 10/22 - 10/28

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 10, 18

Precept 11: (Monday/Tuesday) C Declarations and Definitions; Midterm Exam Prep Sheet

Lecture 12: (Tuesday) Exam Prep

Precept 12: (Wednesday/Thursday) NO PRECEPT

Lecture 13: (Thursday) Midterm Examination (Midterm Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, This Semester's Exam, Answers to This Semester's Exam)

Week 7: 10/29 - 11/4

(Monday - Sunday) Fall Recess

Week 8: 11/5 - 11/11

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 3 (OK to skip 3.13 and 3.14)

Reading (recommended, for reference only): IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 1: Basic Architecture

Reading (recommended, for reference only):IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference

Reading (recommended, for reference only): IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 3: System Programming Guide

Reading (recommended, for reference only): Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification

Precept 13: (Monday/Tuesday) Assembly Language: Getting Started

Lecture 14: (Tuesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 1

Precept 14: (Wednesday/Thursday) Assembly Language: Fundamentals, Control Transfer (Part 1)

Lecture 15: (Thursday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 2

Week 9: 11/12 - 11/18

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 5, 7

Precept 15: (Monday/Tuesday) Assembly Language: Control Transfer (Part 2), Instruction Operands, GDB for Assembly Language (Part 1)

Lecture 16: (Tuesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language Functions Calls

Precept 16: (Wednesday/Thursday) Assembly Language: Local Variables, Functions, GDB for Assembly Language (Part 2)

Lecture 17: (Thursday) Language-Levels Tour: Assemblers, Linkers, Machine Language

Week 10: 11/19 - 11/25

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 22

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.1-8.3

Reading (required): Communications of the ACM "Detection and Prevention of Stack Buffer Overflow Attacks" paper (on electronic reserve)

Precept 17: (Monday/Tuesday) The Buffer Overrun Assignment

Lecture 18: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Exceptions and Processes

Precept 18: (Monday/Tuesday) C Abstract Objects; The HeapMgr Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 19: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Memory Management

Precept 19: (Wednesday/Thursday) The HeapMgr Assignment: Baseline Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, Baseline Implementation Code

Lecture 20: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 1

(Sunday 12/2) Buffer Overrun Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 12: 12/3 - 12/9

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.4

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 10

Precept 20: (Monday/Tuesday) The HeapMgr Assignment: First Assignment Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, First Assignment Implementation Code (partial), Second Assignment Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms

Lecture 21: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management 2

Precept 21: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 22: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Process Management

Week 13: 12/10 - 12/16

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.5

Precept 22: (Monday/Tuesday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Processes

Lecture 23: (Tuesday) Service-Levels Tour: I/O Management and Performance Revisited

(Tuesday 12/11) Heap Manager Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Precept 23: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Shell Built-In Commands, I/O Redirection, Signals

Lecture 24: (Thursday) Service-Levels Tour: Signals

Week 14: 12/17 - 12/23

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 15: 12/24 - 12/30

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 16: 12/31 - 1/6

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 17: 1/7 - 1/13

(Monday - Sunday) Reading Period

(Sunday 1/13) Shell Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 18: 1/14 - 1/20

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Wednesday - Sunday) Final Examination Period

Week 19: 1/21 - 1/27

(Monday - Sunday) Final Examination Period

(Wednesday 1/23) Final Examination, 7:30PM, McCosh Hall 10 (Final Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, Final Exam Preparation Handout, This Semester's Exam, Answers to This Semester's Exam)