COMP 14 – 02:
Introduction to Programming
Andrew Leaver-Fay
August 31, 2005
Monday/Wednesday 3-4:15 pm
Peabody 217
Friday 3-3:50pm
Peabody 217
About Me
• UNC graduate student
– 5th year Ph.D. student
– Undergrad: University of Virginia
• Research interests:
– Computational Structural Biology
• Protein design
• Protein structure prediction
• http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plato/
About me
• I like to cook
Cooking
pots, stove,
ingrediants
Chef
Recipe
Computing
Resources
Processing
thing in the
middle
Program
Computing
Hard Drive,
Memory,
Graphics Card
Processing
thing in the
middle
Program
Computing
Hard Drive,
Memory,
Graphics Card
Central
Processing
Thing
Program
Computing
Hard Drive,
Memory,
Graphics Card
Central
Processing
Unit
Program
Cooking
pots, stove,
ingrediants
Chef
Recipe
Cooking
pots, stove,
ingrediants
Chef
Recipe
Recipe
Author
Computing
Hard Drive,
Memory,
Graphics Card
Central
Processing
Unit
Program
Software
Engineer
Syllabus
• Learn how to develop algorithms
• Learn the basic components of computer programming
– can be applied to any programming language (Java, C++, etc.)
• Is COMP 14 right for you?
• Requirements / prerequisites
– no programming knowledge assumed
Course Web Page
• UNC Blackboard System
– http://blackboard.unc.edu
• http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plato/COMP14
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Staff Information
Course Documents
Assignments
Checking Grades
Weekly Schedule
• Lecture
– Monday/Wednesday 3-4:15 pm
– Peabody 217
• Recitation
– Friday 3-3:50pm
– Peabody 217
Lecture Format
• Review previous material
• Present new material
• In-class exercises
– work in groups
• Lecture notes will be posted online after class
What’s A Recitation?
• Mini-lab
– Extra programming practice
– Occasionally in-class assignments will be graded
– Answer questions from lecture
• You will work in groups
• Each group should always have a laptop and textbook
• No new material will be covered
Textbook
Required
Java Programming: From Problem Analysis
to Program Design
D. Malik, P. Nair
ISBN: 0-619-06497-8
Software
• jGRASP
– on public lab machines
• All Programs / UNC Courseware / COMP 14
– you will install on your machine
• see link from Syllabus on web
• this Friday's recitation
Computer Labs
• 8 Labs
• Maintained by UNC ITS
• Locations, schedules, and a map on course web site
• You may do homework there (jGRASP is installed on all UNC
lab machines)
COMP 14 Map
Grades
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Programming Assignments
Homeworks/Quizzes
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Class Participation
45 %
15 %
15 %
20 %
5%
Assignments
• Assignments are due at 11:59pm on the due date
– turn in using Blackboard
• Homework assignments from textbook
– practice for exams
• Programming assignments
– budget 10-12 hours per program
• design, code, debugging
– start early!
Submitting Assignments
• All assignments will be submitted through Blackboard
• All assignments must include the honor code pledge
• Submission Errors
– I will email you and give a deadline for re-submitting
– Don't change your assignment
• I will look at the file's timestamp to determine if you
originally met the deadline
– Not checking your email is not an excuse for missing the
deadline
Late Policy
• Assignments
– Due at 11:59 on their posted due date.
– You have five “late days” to spend over the semester
– After you’ve used your late days, no late assignment will be
accepted
– After 11:59pm counts as a day late!!
• Exceptions will be made as necessary
– Talk to me sooner than later
– "I started late and something came up" is not an acceptable
excuse
Exams
• Mid-Term. Monday October 17th in class
– Warning: week before fall break
• Final. Friday December 16th at 4pm.
– to take the exam at a different time, you must get
permission from your Dean and bring me the blue slip you
get from the Dean
Working in the Lab
• Before you open jGRASP and start coding:
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read the assignment
think about what the assignment is asking for
review lectures and examples on the topic
write (yes, on paper) your plan for completing the assignment
(i.e., your algorithm)
• Talk to me if you’re having trouble at this point
Campus File System
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Andrew File System (AFS)
Disk space associated with your Onyen
– automatically backed up by UNC
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AFS in the lab
– automatically appears as drive H: when you log in
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On your personal machine
– you can install the AFS Client
– won’t see drive H: unless you’re connected to the network (i.e., can
access the Internet)
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More information
– see External Links on the course Blackboard site
Backup Your Work!
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Backup your work!
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You will lose something at some point
– you might have to learn the hard way
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Use your AFS space
– use of AFS space is not required, but is recommended
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Search for “backup” in the Windows help
Help!
• For help on general computer problems, including
getting AFS enabled on your laptop or at home
• Also, for free software
http://help.unc.edu
962-HELP
Honor Policy
• Don’t cheat!
– Every line of code you turn in must be your own.
– You can
• talk to each other about the lecture topics
• talk about assignment requirements
• Hand wave assignment solutions (out loud, or on a
whiteboard)
– You should
• do your own assignments -- design and code
– You should never
• share code -- it is easy to detect and we will prosecute
• Pledge Form
Send me e-mail
• Put “COMP 14” in subject line
• For example:
– COMP 14, I’m lost
– COMP 14, This course is too easy
Homework 0
• Hello World
– instructions given Friday
• Due Monday (Sept 5th) at 11:59pm
• Write java code and turn it in using Blackboard
This Week's Recitation
• Bring your laptop!
• We will install jGRASP and the SDK
• We will discuss “Hello World”
• We will probably finish it during recitation