CSC220 Schedule 2010

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Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading
Week 1 9/08	Introduction and syllabus Overview of the project Some pictures Google Maps example (Generated by walkmeter) What we'll use this semester Sources of information Linux shells what is a shell (see wikipedia)? different choices: Bourne shell, C shell, Z shell, Korn shell, Bash (Bourne Again) shell The Bash shell default shell for Mac, GNU operation system, and many Linux variants has been ported to MS-DOS configuration files: .bash_profile, .bashrc important commands: ls rm cat cd pwd grep, -i, -l, -v, -A, -B wc chmod chown head & tail tail -f history watch	Unix Shells (on wikipedia) Bash Beginners Guide All about redirection with Bash
Week 2 9/13	Mon 9/13 Lab #1: playing with bash pipes and redirection, stdout, stderr sort Wed 9/15 How to change your login shell automatically cut cat programming, bash scripts variables for loops Lab 2 An example script illustrating features we will not cover in class, but that are important and useful. Another example illustrating how to test file system-parameters. Lab #1 (Mon) Lab #2 (Wed) Homework #1	A good reference: The GNU Bash manual
Week 3 9/20	Monday Crontab Example php architecture of a Web Server Apache public_html chmod a+r, chmod a+rx phpinfo.php: simple test fibonacci1.php: generates fibonacci numbers fibonacci2.php: fibonacci numbers in a list fibonacci3.php: fibonacci numbers in a table fibonacci4.php: fibonacci numbers in a while loop fibonacci5.php: only the even fibonaccis.
Week 4 9/27
Week 5 10/04
Week 6 10/11	Monday: Fall Break
Week 7 10/18	Wednesday: Take-home Midterm Exam
Week 8 10/25
Week 9 11/01
Week 10 11/08
Week 11 11/15
Week 12 11/22	Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break Friday: Thanksgiving Break
Week 13 11/29
Week 14 12/06
Week 15 12/13	Monday: Last Class

Links and Resources

Bash Shell

• Bash Beginners Guide

Linux Utilities

• Good information on Grep (Thanks Sharon!)

Maps/GIS

• The State of Mapping APIs, Adam DuVander, O'Reilly Radar, 7 Sept. 2010.

Tips & Tricks

• How to change your login shell automatically

Miscellaneous Information

(c) D. Thiebaut 2010, Dept. Computer Science, Smith College.