CS141: Topics for Week 1: Aug 28/30, Sept 1, 2017

Lab Programming Assignments

• Lab assignments for current week will be listed here and in the Schedule.
• For this week, you are to do Lab 1: Getting Started.
  This lab will not be collected lab but you need to know everything in it in order to do all subsequent labs.
  In general, everything you do in each lab will be built-on in subsequent labs, so don't fall behind!
• Some of the labs will make use of pair programming

Administrative Details

• Name tags.
• First Day Quiz (Anonymous!!)
• Course structure and expectations
• Note, collaboration is good (working out ideas) but copying is bad!
• Lab access codes - See WISE.
• CS Tea! If you are interested in computer science, come to CS Tea (see CS Tea Flyer (pdf)) which meets every Thursday at 11:30 in the "CS Hearth", 2nd floor hallway of Ford Hall.

  Add your name to sign-up sheet if you want to be on the cs-interest mailing list.

How to Succeed in this Course

• We will have TAs in labs. If you need additional help, see help resources.
• Learning to program is much like learning a foreign language.

Weekly Quizzes

Quizzes are based on the current assigned reading.

• We will have a reading quiz approximately weekly.
• They will be posted on WISE under the section "Tests & Quizzes".
• They will usually be due by 9pm Friday of the week they are assigned, but you should check the specific due date.
• The questions will be multiple choice.
• The quizzes are open book.
• Other than your textbook, you are to complete the quiz on your own.
• Be sure you understand the correct answers because some of the questions may appear on the exams. If you are confused, please ask the instructor.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Main Topics

• Anatomy of a Computer
• Programming sequence
• Getting to know your IDE (Integrated Development Environment). We will use Netbeans.
• Anatomy of a Program
• Dealing with errors (exceptions)
• What is an algorithm. Writing Pseudocode

Interactive Exercises

Vocabulary