Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Aarti Gupta

Spring 2015

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

Week 1: 2/2 - 2/8

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 1, 2 ,3

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

Reading (recommended): Unix Tutorial for Beginners

Reading (recommended): GNU Emacs Tutorial

Reading (recommended): Linux Pocket Guide (Barrett) pp. 166-179 (concerning composing Bash shell scripts) (on electronic reserve)

Lecture 1: (Monday) Introduction; C Overview

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

Lecture 2: (Wednesday) A Taste of C

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

Week 2: 2/9 - 2/15

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 20.1

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

Reading (recommended): GNU GDB Tutorial

Lecture 3: (Monday) Number Systems

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

Lecture 4: (Wednesday) The Design of C (Part 1)

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

(Sunday 2/15) De-Comment Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 3: 2/16 - 2/22

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

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

Lecture 5: (Monday) The Design of C (Part 2)

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

Lecture 6: (Wednesday) Testing

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

Week 4: 2/23 - 3/1

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

Reading (recommended): The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 1, 2, 5

Lecture 7: (Monday) Program and Programming Style; Debugging (Part 1)

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

(Wednesday 2/25) String Module Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Lecture 8: (Wednesday) Data Structures

Precept 8: (Wednesday/Thursday) Tools for Debugging Dynamic Memory Management; Abstract Data Types in C

Week 5: 3/2 - 3/8

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 19, 22

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

Lecture 9: (Monday) Debugging (Part 2); History of Modularity

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

Lecture 10: (Wednesday) Modularity Heuristics

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

(Sunday 3/8) Symbol Table Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 6: 3/9 - 3/15

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

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

Reading (recommended): GNU Gprof Tutorial

Lecture 11: (Monday) Performance Improvement

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

Lecture 12: (Wednesday) Midterm Examination (Midterm Exam Prep Document, Midterm Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, This Semester's Exam, Answers to This Semester's Exam)

Location of Midterm Examination: Frist 302 for students in Precepts P01 – P05, Friend 111 for students in Precept P06

Precept 12: (Wednesday/Thursday) NO PRECEPT

Week 7: 3/16 - 3/22

(Monday - Sunday) Spring Recess

Week 8: 3/23 - 3/29

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

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): Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual

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

Lecture 13: (Monday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 1

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

Lecture 14: (Wednesday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language 2

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

Week 9: 3/30 - 4/5

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

Lecture 15: (Monday) Language-Levels Tour: Assembly Language Function Calls

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

Lecture 16: (Wednesday) Language-Levels Tour: Machine Language, Assemblers, and Linkers

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

Week 10: 4/6 - 4/12

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 8.1-8.3, 9.1-8 (on electronic reserve)

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

Reading (recommended): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 5.1-6, 6

Reading (recommended): GNU Make Tutorial

Lecture 17: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Exceptions and Processes

Precept 17: (Monday/Tuesday) Building

(Wednesday 4/8) Assembly Language and Testing Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Lecture 18: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Storage Management

Precept 18: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Buffer Overrun Assignment

Week 11: 4/13 - 4/19

Reading (required): The C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie) 8.7 (on electronic reserve)

Reading (required): Computer Systems (Bryant & O'Hallaron) 9.9-12 (on electronic reserve)

Lecture 19: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management

Precept 19: (Monday/Tuesday) C Abstract Objects; The HeapMgr Assignment: Introduction

Lecture 20: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: Dynamic Memory Management (cont., same as Lecture 19)

Precept 20: (Wednesday/Thursday) The HeapMgr Assignment: Baseline Implementation Data Structures and Algorithms, Baseline Implementation Code

(Sunday 4/19) Buffer Overrun Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Week 12: 4/20 - 4/26

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

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

Lecture 21: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Process Management

Precept 21: (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 22: (Wednesday) Service-Levels Tour: I/O Management

Precept 22: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Introduction

Week 13: 4/27 - 5/3

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

Lecture 23: (Monday) Service-Levels Tour: Signals

Precept 23: (Monday/Tuesday) The Unix Shell Assignment: Processes

(Wednesday 4/29) Heap Manager Assignment Due (at 9:00PM)

Lecture 24: (Wednesday) Program Verification

Precept 24: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Unix Shell Assignment: I/O Redirection and Signals

Week 14: 5/4 - 5/10

(Monday - Sunday) Reading Period

Week 15: 5/11 - 5/17

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Tuesday 5/12) Shell Assignment Due (at 5:00PM)

(Wednesday - Sunday) Final Examination Period

(Thursday 5/14) Final Exam Prep Session, 2:00PM, CS Building 105 (Final Exam Preparation Document)

Week 16: 5/18 - 5/23

(Monday - Saturday) Final Examination Period

(Monday 5/18) Final Exam Prep Session, 11:00AM, CS Building 105 (Final Exam Preparation Document)

(Tuesday 5/19) Final Examination, 1:30PM, Friend Center 101 (Final Exams and Answers from Previous Semesters, This Semester's Exam, Answers to this Semester's Exam)