1W (1 means first week, W means Wednesday) -- Wed, Aug 31

• Welcome
• Review the online syllabus.
• Ethical Issues in Computing project gets started
  • Part I: one paragraph due this Friday, Sept 2
  • Part I: one page due Wednesday, Sept 7
• browse CPSR web page -- (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) -- A public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society.
• Your topic and one-paragraph description is due in class on Friday. Why do you think it is important that the Wheaton community know more about your topic?

  Lecture

• Programming -- From binary to 4GL's
• introductory evaluation

• READING
  • All reading assignments are made in lecture at the beginning of class. Make a list of questions to ask me if you don't understand some of the descriptions. The beginning chapters are introductory but important material to have under your belt as we proceed!

• Lab0 -- 3:30-5:20 every WED, A102
  Today: The Wheaton network and beyond
  • Intro to Microsoft's Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
    • software development environments
    • (edit - compile - link - run) cycle
    • designing beforehand
    • debugging and testing
  • ASCII Art and Mobile Phone Logos
  • transfering files: Smart-FTP(Windows)

1F -- Fri, Sept 2

• your Ethical Issue topic and one paragraph summary DUE at the beginning of class

• prepare for Wed's Quiz -- see Wed, Sept 7
• syntax/semantics
  
• metalanguages(BNF)
• variables and expressions
• I/O streams

Labor Day -- no class.

2W -- Wed, Sept 7

• Ethics 1 -- E1 (Writing Part I): Ethical Issues paper due in class

• Q1 -- covers Ch. 2
• prepare by being able to solve Exam Prep. p63, #3,7,8,14
• peer grading of q1

• mathematical functions
• casting
• writing mathematical expressions

• Lab1 -- Mathematical Equations and An Introduction to the Limits of Computing -- A102, 3:30-5:20

2F -- Fri, Sept 9

• a1 specification is ready - a1 due, Wed, Sept 14
• Software Engineering - part I
  • Starting with pencil, paper and your calculator ...
  • Matters of Style
  • Debugging Tips

• reading data -- Input from the keyboard (standard input, stdin)

• Q2 -- covers:
  • material assigned (above) in Ch. 3 and Ch. 4
  • can you do the Quick Check and Exam Prep questions?
• peer grading of q2

• Software Engineering - part II
  • software life cycle
  • more debugging tips

• see spec for Web Part II; due Friday, Sept 16

3W -- Wed, Sept 14

• a1 due

• Lab2 -- bugs, BUGS - Syntactic, Linking, Runtime and Logical Bugs

3F -- Fri, Sept 16

• E2: Web Part II due

• IF (we feel like doing 'em) THEN ... more selectional control
• no new reading (catch up as you prepare for MON's quiz)

• Q3 -- covers: (see last WED's pages and example problems)
• peer grading of q3

• Pass out a2 specification (due Wed., Sept 28)

• dangling else, trapping potential errors, lazy evaluation

4W -- Wed, Sept 21

• trapped like a rat revisited -- nested if-then-else statements
• English to boolean conversions, p168

• Lab3 -- if-else, trapped like a rat

4F -- Fri, Sept 23

• formatted output revisited, p87-98
• switch, p324-327

• Q4 -- covers: conditionals (if-else) topics from last week's lectures

• while loop
• for loop

5W -- Wed, Sept 28

• a2 due

• character input
• Encryption -- discussion of upcoming a3 spec

• Web Part III (due this Friday)

• Lab4 -- Vending Machine and Infinite Loops - 'Where's My Change?'

5F -- Fri, Sept 30

• Web Part III due Fri. Oct. 7 (start now ....)

• Review of Lab4: so, 0.1 is not really 0.1, eh?
• if ( fabs(x-y) <= CLOSE_ENOUGH) // two Real numbers are ==
• more loops (while and for), e.g., walking thru the alphabet, encryption

• Reading: see Monday's pages; catch up