PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTS

The table below gives the assignments, and associated dates. All future dates are tentative until such assignments are made available.

Program	Topic	Date	Collaboration Policy
prog01	Training Zone	Monday, 31 January 2005, 8pm	individual
prog02	Artist	Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 8pm	individual
prog03	Stock Price Graph	Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 8pm Friday, 4 March 2005, 8pm	pair
prog04	Checkers	Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 8pm Monday, 28 March 2005, 8pm	individual
prog05	Ball Simulation	Monday, 11 April 2005, 8pm	pair
prog06	Shakespearl	Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 8pm	pair
prog07	Finding it Old-School	Friday, 29 April 2005, 8pm	individual

• Programming Assignments
  • What to submit
    • Source Code
    • "readme" File
  • Electronic Submission Procedure
  • Receiving Grade Reports
• Computing Resources at SLU

Programming Assignments

What to submit

• Source Code

  For each assignment, you must submit all source code files which you have created or modified. For many assignments, we will have provided you with a number of files containing source code which need not be modified. In such cases, there is no need for you to re-submit these files; we have them already.

• "readme" File

  You are required to submit a text file titled "readme" with every program you submit. Please do not submit any formatted files such as those produced by Microsoft Word or other word processors. It will be read at the time your program is graded, so it allows you to give helpful information.

  The content of the file should generally include

  • Your name

  • A brief (i.e. one or two paragraph) overview of your program and any interesting design decisions which you made.

  • A clear citation of any help you received on this program from other (approved!) sources, as detailed in the policy on Academic Integrity.

  • Many of our program assignments explicitly require the inclusion of additional, specific information in this file. Please read the individual program assignments carefully.

  • Finally, you may include any other discussion which you feel will be helpful when grading your assignment. For example, if there are known bugs or problems with your program, you might briefly discuss them here.

Electronic Submission Procedure

All programming assignments must be submitted electronically. For each assignment, there will be an aptly named folder in your online submit directory.

Receiving Grade Reports

Grade reports for each program, as well as an overview of all grades received in the course will be kept for each student in a special directory named 'grades' within the online submit directory.

Computing Resources at SLU

An account for each student has been created on, turing.slu.edu, our department computing cluster. The cluster runs the Linux operating system. It is accessible from both on and off campus by one of the following two ways:

• For text-based access to your account, you may log in using 'ssh' a protocol for a secure shell connection.

• Alternatively, if you wish a fully graphical, windowing environment, you may log into the cluster using a program called VNC (Virtual Network Connection). This can be done directly within a web browser, or more efficient viewers can be installed on your own computer if you wish.

For more detailed information on access to the cluster, visit http://turing.slu.edu/, and the link to "Accessing Turing".

Please note: you are not explicitly required to use turing as your computing platform, it is simply the only platform what we will officially support. If you wish to use another platform that offers you sufficient support for completing your assignments, please feel free to do so.