ECE220: Computer Systems & Programming
Spring 2018 Honors Section


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Lecture Date Topics P&P Reading Materials
1 Tue 16 Jan Introduction and review Ch. 6-7
2 Thu 18 Jan I/O abstractions, keyboard, monitor Sec. 8.1-4
3 Tue 23 Jan Repeated code: subroutines, TRAPs, interrupts, libraries Ch. 9
4 Thu 25 Jan Stacks: abstraction and use in assembly Ch. 10
5 Tue 30 Jan Stacks: conventions and use for subroutines Ch. 10
6 Thu 1 Feb Re-introduction to C: variables, operators Ch. 11-12
7 Tue 6 Feb C control constructs Ch. 13
8 Thu 8 Feb Examples, problem solving with C (Ch. 11-13)
9 Tue 13 Feb Functions in C: implementation and examples Sec. 14.1-3
MT1 Thu 15 Feb Optional: Review for Midterm #1
10 Tue 20 Feb Examples using functions, introduction to pointers Sec. 14.4, 16.1-2
11 Thu 22 Feb Arrays: introduction and examples Ch. 16
12 Tue 27 Feb Testing and debugging: error taxonomy, examples, and strategies Ch. 15
13 Thu 1 Mar More examples of testing --
14 Tue 6 Mar Recursion: introduction and example Ch. 17
15 Thu 8 Mar Recursion: general strategy, examples, stack frames Ch. 17
16 Tue 13 Mar Structured data in C Sec. 19.1
17 Thu 15 Mar Data structures: example, defining types, enums Sec. 19.2-3
Spring Break Week!
18 Tue 27 Mar Dynamic allocation: resizing, C API, linked lists Sec. 19.4-5
19 Thu 29 Mar Pointer-based data structures --
20 Tue 3 Apr Implementation of dynamic memory allocation --
MT2 Thu 5 Apr Optional: Review for Midterm #2
21 Tue 10 Apr I/O in Unix and C Ch. 18 and notes
22 Thu 12 Apr Extensive I/O example --
23 Tue 17 Apr Function pointers, hierarchies of structures --
24 Thu 19 Apr C++: classes, inheritance, access control --
25 Tue 24 Apr C++: constructors and destructors, dynamic memory management --
26 Thu 26 Apr C++: classes, inheritance, access control --
27 Tue 1 May C++: function overloading and references, copying vs. constructing --
FIN Fri 4 May Final Exam, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

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