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https://github.com/ucsb-cs16-sp17/lectures/tree/master/0403

Topics

Getting our feet wet

• What will you learn in CS 16?
• Getting to know your peers, the instructor and staff!
• We are running a new pilot program where undergraduate tutors will be assisting with instructional activities - we will introduce our tutors, be sure to reach out to them in labs and sections

Hardware abstractions

• The modern digital computer - stored program model and the Von Neumann architecture, why are we talking about architecture?
• The hardware/software interface

  Getting set up

• Remote login to the CSIL servers
• Finding your way around with basic unix commands - mkdir, ls, cp, mv, rm (use with caution)
• Choosing an editor (vim or emacs)- may the best editor win!

C++ basics - main, std i/o, if-else, variables

• Basic elements of a C++ program introduced via the “hello world” program and the game of fizzbuzz!
  • the main function
  • namepsaces and include directives
  • commenting your code
  • standard input, standard output and standard error with cin, cout, cerr
• Unlike Python, you MUST “declare” variables on first appearance in any C++ program. We’ll discuss what this means.
• Compiling with g++
• Running your program