cisc1110: introduction to computing using c++, gaming applications

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unit I : introduction; output
thu aug 26	lecture	ch 1: a brief history of c++; c++ organization; how to learn c++ ch 2: the basics of program writing lecture notes course information sheet course pre-survey scratch lab
tue aug 31	lecture	ch 2: programs from conception to execution; creating a real program ch 4: basic declarations and expressions; basic program structure; simple expressions; the std::cout output object lecture notes
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit) Code::Blocks "how to"
thu sep 2	lab	assignment for unit I (due Sep 9) Note: the challenge example (third "hello world" on page 2) doesn't work on a PC. More information will be given in class on Tue Sep 7. ASCII table Unicode (for charts, select "The Unicode Standard...Code Charts" from the menu in the upper left corner)
unit II : simple data types
tue sep 7	lecture	ch 4: variables and storage; variable declarations; integers; assignment statements; floating-point numbers; math operators; floating-point divide versus integer divide lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit II, part 1 (due Sep 16)
thu sep 9		no classes (rosh hashanah)
tue sep 14		no class (cuny friday)
thu sep 16	lecture	ch 4: characters; boolean types lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit II, part 2 (due Sep 23)
unit III : more data types
tue sep 21	lecture	ch 5: arrays; random numbers; ch 8: for loops lecture notes
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit)
thu sep 23	lecture	ch 5: C++ style strings; constants; arrays of strings lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit III (due Oct 5)
unit IV : input; more on variables
tue sep 28	lecture	ch 5: reading input; std:: class scope; C style strings; shortcut operators; formatted output; multidimensional arrays lecture notes code examples from class: keyboard input (string) C string for loops formatted output two-dimensional array
thu sep 30	lecture	ch 5: hexadecimal and octal constants; base conversion lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit IV, part 1 (handed out in class; due Oct 5)
tue oct 5	lecture	---->midterm review lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit IV, part 2 (due Oct 12)
thu oct 7	exam!	MIDTERM EXAM #1 on units I, II, III and IV
unit V : control structures
tue oct 12	lecture	ch 6: if statement; else statement; how not to use std::strcmp lecture notes example from class: comparing C++ style and C style strings
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit)
thu oct 14	lecture	ch 6: looping statements; while statement lecture notes
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit)
tue oct 19	lecture	ch 8: switch statement; break and continue lecture notes
	lab	assignment for unit V (due Oct 27)
unit VI : functions
thu oct 21	lecture	ch 9: functions; reference parameters, value parameters and return values lecture notes
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit)
tue oct 26	lab	assignment for unit VI (due Nov 5)
thu oct 28	lecture	ch 9: variable scope; passing multiple parameters to functions; passing strings to functions lecture notes video from class code examples from class: global variables strings and functions returning a string with a function
	lab	exercises (for practice; do not submit)
tue nov 2	lab	assignment VI lab practice exercises for midterm #2 (for practice; do not submit)
thu nov 4	lecture	midterm review code examples from class: danger.cpp global.cpp cone.cpp
tue nov 9	exam!	MIDTERM EXAM #2 on units I through VI
unit VII : files
thu nov 11	lecture	ch 16: C++ file I/O lecture notes exercises (for practice; do not submit)
	lab	assignment for unit VII (due Nov 19) data file for assignment (list of 7-letter words)
unit VIII : basic algorithms
tue nov 16	lecture	linear array operations: min, max, count; linear search lecture notes exercises (for practice; do not submit) games.dat sample data file for exercises
thu nov 18	lab	programming assignment for unit VIII (due Dec 1) games.dat data file for lab
tue nov 23	lecture	sorting algorithms lecture notes
thu nov 25		no classes (thanksgiving)
tue nov 30	lecture	run-time analysis of algorithms; searching algorithms lecture notes code examples from class: blort sort selection sort insertion sort bubble sort
	lab	written assignment for unit VIII (part 2) (due Dec 7)
unit IX : simple classes
thu dec 2	lecture	ch 13: simple classes lecture notes code example from class: c1.cpp g2.dat
tue dec 7	lecture	ch 13: more on simple classes lecture notes code examples from class: p1.cpp p2.cpp p3.cpp p4.cpp
	lab	assignment for unit IX (due Dec 15---no extensions!) data file (games2.dat)
thu dec 9	lecture	---->review for final exam
thu dec 16	exam!	DEPARTMENTAL FINAL EXAM (1pm-3pm) ROOM 2127 N (Ingersoll)