CSC 104: The Why and How of Computing

University of Toronto, Winter 2012

Lecturer:

My office hours during the Winter 2012 term are Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30, or by appointment.
My office hours are held in my office, BA 3218.

The best way to contact me is by e-mail. I usually read my e-mail quite frequently.

Announcements:

• Test #1 information

• A solution for the "add shell script" problem can be found in /u/ajr/104/lab2/add on CDF. E.g. you can type "sh /u/ajr/104/lab2/add 18 19".

• A student with a disability requires a volunteer notetaker in CSC 104. Please sign up at http://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility/pcourselist.aspx if you are able to perform this service. This basically just involves sharing the notes you are already taking in class. Or, if you are already sharing notes in some other way which this student could participate in, please let me know.

• There are regular TA consultation hours in the lab.

Most-frequently-accessed items:

• Lectures (planned schedule, some notes on readings, etc)
• Tutorial signup
• There are ongoing TA lab consultation hours in a CDF lab room. (during the term)
• Course grades so far (not yet including lab 2 or assignment one; grading of those items is in progress)
• Bulletin board (you have to log in to post)
• Accessibility services

Administrative handouts and information so far

• Course info sheet in HTML or PDF
• Instructor e-mail policy

• Find your CDF account name
• "A student's guide to CDF"
• Using CDF computers from home
• Installing Wing-101 on your own computer (not necessary for this course, but some students probably want to do it)

• Lab signup
• Lab 1 handout in PDF
  • What to do for various problems with lab one, e.g. if you joined the course too late to have a CDF account in time.
• Lab 2 handout in PDF
  • A solution for the "add shell script" problem can be found in /u/ajr/104/lab2/add on CDF. E.g. you can type "sh /u/ajr/104/lab2/add 18 19".
  • diagram for January 27 tutorial
  • What to do if the other CSC 104 student who agrees to receive your e-mail for part C has already done part C with someone else (please ignore this unless this exact situation arises -- it wouldn't have been a problem in the original lab time)
• Lab 3 handout in PDF

• Assignment one
  • handout in PDF
  • cover sheet for question 6 (PDF)
• Assignment two
  • handout in PDF

• Test seating assignments (mandatory)

• Lab 2 is due at the end of Friday (January 27). It seems to have been too long for the one-hour lab time; sorry about that. Please finish it any time today (Friday January 27), and send e-mail to me if you have questions.

• I'll talk more about the terms "server" and "client" on Tuesday January 31; I'm just starting this particular subtopic.