CSCI 1321 - Links



Here are some links that could be of interest for this class. Send me any others that you might find. It's worth class participation points if I put them up here. You should e-mail them to me.

Course Links:
Design Guidelines - This document describes how you should do your design write-ups that you have to turn in.

Semester Problem Description - This is a general description of what you will be working on during the course of the semester for your assignments. Individual assignment descriptions will be posted below later.

Assignment #1 Description

Assignment #2 Description

Assignment #3 Description

Assignment #4 Description

Assignment #5 Description

Assignment #6 Description

Dr. Lewis's Sample Code

General Computer Links:
Useful Links for CSCI 1320/1321 - This is a page of links compiled by Dr. Massingill and others in the CS department that you might find helpful.

Dr. Hicks' Tutorials - Some tutorials that Dr. Hicks has put together. Most are not all that relavent to this class, but the vi one might come in handy.

Linux Info Page - This page has descriptions of some of the more important commands in Unix and Linux. Use it and/or the Unix tutorial that Dr. Hicks has.

Remote Access to CS Machines - a helper page on this topic.

ZDNet - Ziff-Davis is a large publisher of computer magazines and is a good reference

TopCoder - This site sponsors programming competitions with significant cash prizes. At the very least is gives you a way to see how your coding skill stack up against others and lets you practice coding in a non-trivial way.

ACM programming competition - This is the main site for the international programming competition. You can click on North America then on Texas to get to the site for this years regional including the problem set that was used.

C++ and Programming Links:
thefreecountry.com - C/C++ libraries that you can use when attacking more complex problems (you should be sure to check with you professor before considering to use these for any class assignment...ever).

STL Tutorial - Just a little page with lots of neat stuff to help you understand the STL. It could be helpful to understand other things related to C++ as well.

Other Links:
AnandTech - This is a site that has lots of information on x86 hardware (stuff from Intel and AMD). Go here if you want to learn more about what is going on inside a modern computer.