CS 3 (Spring 2022)

Welcome to CS 3! We’re super excited to have you here this term!

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Wellness and Inclusion

It is very important to us that you succeed in CS 3. We provide many extra resources to help you. Adam and the TAs hold many office hours, and we have a Ticketing System where you can ask questions asynchronously.

It is also very important to us that you maintain your mental wellness throughout the course. A few points are not worth losing sleep over. Everyone on the course staff is available to chat, and you can always attend office hours for a non-academic conversation if necessary. You can also visit the counseling center if you find you need help beyond the course staff. If you have a temporary health condition or permanent disability (either mental health or physical health related), you should contact accessibility services if you have not already. Additionally, if there is something we can do to make your experience better, please let us know.

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are all core values of this course. All participants in this course must be treated with respect by other members of the community in accordance with the honor code. If you feel unwelcome or unsafe in any way, no matter how minor, we encourage you to talk to Adam or one of the Deans. We view these sorts of honor code violations as completely unacceptable, and we take them very seriously.

Tools

Project Registration Ticketing System

Course Staff

Instructor

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Book an appointment!
Annenberg 115
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(626) 395-1765

Teaching Assistants

Hopper
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hopper@
Sarah Dunbar
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sdunbar@
Alice Cheng
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aycheng@
Adam Abbas
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aabbas@
Adam Krivka
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akrivka@
Adishree Ghatare
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An Tran
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Bruno Freeman
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bfreeman@
Devin Chotzen-Hartzell
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dchotzen@
Esmir Mesic
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Jia Yue Wu
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Jonathon Corrales de Oliveira
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jcorrale@
Joy Shi
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Luka Valencic
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Neil Janwani
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Nico Adamo
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Patrick Rim
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Snigdha Saha
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snigdha@
Thai Khong
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Handouts

The following is a list of handouts that you might find helpful throughout the course. We’ve categorized them by when they are useful.

Course Information

Syllabus – an overview of the course and administrative information

Getting Help in CS3 – a description of the course policy for questions and office hours

Setup Instructions – setup instructions for the course

Collaboration

Pair Programming – introduction to pair programming

Collaboration Policy – the course collaboration policy

Code Quality and Docs

Code Quality Guidelines – guidelines for how you should write C code

C Documentation – documentation for C standard library functions

Projects and Submission

Merge Requests – instructions on to make a merge request to complete reworks

Debugging with VSCode and Emscripten – an introduction to debugging strategies

Debugging Guide for C – a list of common error messages in C and potential causes

Writing Your Project Log – how to write your mandatory project log

Schedule

L00 Mon, Mar 28 Introduction [ pdf ]
Course administrivia. C/Java comparison.
Project00 (abc's) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Mar 31
L01 Mon, Apr 04 Pointers [ pdf ]
Lab01 (strings) due @ 12:00 am on Tue, Apr 05
Project01 (star) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 07
L02 Mon, Apr 11 Debugging [ pdf ]
Lab02 (asan) due @ 11:30 pm on Tue, Apr 12
Project02 (gravity) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 14
L03 Mon, Apr 18 Design Concepts & Libraries [ pdf ]
Lab03 (abstraction) due @ 11:30 pm on Tue, Apr 19
Project03 (scenes) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 21
L04 Mon, Apr 25 Cancelled, Adam Sick
:( Tue, Apr 26 No Lab!
Project04 (forces) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 28
L05 Mon, May 02 Addresses, Pointers, and Memory, Again! [ pdf | code ]
Project05 (collisions) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, May 05
L06 Mon, May 09 Interviews
Lab04 (iterdev) due @ 11:30 pm on Tue, May 10
GameDesignDocument (GDD) due @ 11:30 pm on Wed, May 11
Project06 (resolution) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, May 12
L07 Mon, May 16 Victory Lap
:( Mon, May 23 No Class: Adam @ a conference
:( Mon, May 30 No Class: Memorial Day!
Game (game) due @ 11:30 pm on Fri, Jun 03