Welcome to CS 3! We’re super excited to have you here this term!
Announcements
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Lectures will be in Beckman Institute Auditorium. This is where CS 2 lecture was last term!
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Check out the important handouts below, repeated here for convenience: the syllabus, setup instructions, getting help
Due Next
Calendar
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 discord 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
Course Staff
Instructor
Teaching Assistants
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
Schedule
| L00 | Mon, Apr 03 | Introduction [ pdf ] |
| L01 | Wed, Apr 05 | Pointers [ pdf ] |
| Project00 (abc's) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 06 | ||
| L02 | Mon, Apr 10 | Debugging [ pdf ] |
| L03 | Wed, Apr 12 | More Pointers |
| Project01 (star) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 13 | ||
| L04 | Mon, Apr 17 | Abstraction in C |
| Practicum (code quality cycle 1) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, Apr 17 | ||
| L05 | Wed, Apr 19 | Cancelled: Adam Ill |
| Project02 (gravity) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 20 | ||
| L06 | Mon, Apr 24 | Design Concepts & Libraries [ pdf ] |
| Practicum (regex stage 1) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, Apr 24 | ||
| L07 | Wed, Apr 26 | Addresses, Pointers, and Memory, Again! [ pdf ] |
| Project03 (scenes) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, Apr 27 | ||
| L08 | Mon, May 01 | How I Terminal? |
| Practicum (code quality cycle 2) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, May 01 | ||
| L09 | Wed, May 03 | Makefiles |
| Project04 (forces) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, May 04 | ||
| L10 | Mon, May 08 | git |
| L11 | Wed, May 10 | Intrusive Data Structures |
| Project05 (collisions) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, May 11 | ||
| Practicum (code quality cycle 3) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, May 15 | ||
| L12 | Wed, May 17 | TBD |
| Project06 (resolution) due @ 11:30 pm on Thu, May 18 | ||
| L13 | Wed, May 24 | Victory Lap |
| :( | Mon, May 29 | No Class: Memorial Day |
| Practicum (code quality cycle 4, regex stage 2) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, May 29 | ||
| L14 | Wed, May 31 | |
| Practicum (code quality cycle 5) due @ 11:30 pm on Mon, Jun 12 | ||
| Game () due @ 11:30 pm on Wed, Jun 14 | ||
| Practicum (regex stage 3) due @ 11:30 pm on Fri, Jun 16 | ||