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.	Definition of a Web Server Definition of a Web Browser List of TCP and UDP Ports The TCP Protocol the UDP Protocol The main reference on HTML forms Difference between Post and Get methods References on how to write HTML forms
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.