CSE3302

Programming Languages

class number: 83159

Fall 2007 (first day of class: Aug. 28th)
Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30 - 4:50pm, NH 110

Syllabus Announcements (this page) Schedule Discussion Group Resources

When submit HW/MP/Essay on WebCT, click button "Upload file" to upload your file first. Then you must click button "submit assignment". Otherwise, your file will not be submitted.
You can do MPs in groups (each group has at most 2 students.) Every student must equally contribute to the MP. Doing it in turn (say A and B form a group, A does MP1 and B does MP2.) is NOT allowed.
Only one student in a group needs to upload the MP into WebCT. However, both of you must email me regarding who you are teaming up with, before the due time of the MP. For each MP, you can decide to work individually, or group with different people.

Announcements

12/06:

The slides of final review today is posted on the schedule page.
HW3 solution posted.
HW3 grade posted. You can pick up your HW3 from Will Griffith (NH300), till next Thursday. He is usually there.
The bonus points can be seen from your gradebook in WebCT. As I mentioned yesterday, the bonus points can only increase your grade and it doesn't affect other's grades. So it is real bonus points. I have considered how many lectures you attended, the guest lectures you attended, if you often came in the middle of the lecture, how active you were in class, and so on.

11/25:

The final exam will be open-book and open-notes. No electronic devices allowed. It is on Thursday, Dec. 13th, 2-4:30pm, NH110.
Lecture slides 23 posted.

11/23:

MP3 is posted. It is due at Thursday, 6th, 11:59pm.
Essay assignment is posted. It is due at Wednesday, Dec. 12th, 11:59pm.
Note: The essay assignment will count for the ABET requirements for written communication. You must get a passing score (37.5) for the essay in order to satisfy ABET requirement. If a student does not demonstrate timely achievement of the assessment and would otherwise pass the course, then the student will receive a grade of incomplete (I) for the course until such time when the assessment instrument is satisfactorily complete. The student will be allowed to re-attempt demonstration of satisfactory completion during the next offering of the course.

11/20:

Lecture slides 22 posted.

11/19:

HW3 posted. It is due at Nov. 29th, Thursday, 11:59pm. HW2 solution is also posted.

11/18:

Required readings for Chapter 11 and 12:
– The Scheme Programming Language, http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/ (Chapter 1‐2)
– Yet Another Haskell Tutorial, http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hal/htut (Chapter 1‐4, 7)

Software for MP3 and HW3:
– Scheme: DrScheme http://www.drscheme.org/
(Optional. We don't have Scheme in MP3. But using the following implementation will help you in HW3.)
– Haskell: Hugs http://www.haskell.org/hugs/
– Prolog: SWI-Prolog http://www.swi-prolog.org/

11/08:

Notes for lecture 19 and 20 are posted. Notes for lecture 21 were also posted.

11/05:

MP2: There was a mistake in tax calculation. Also, in order to make the test easier, the calculations of salesTax and totalCharge are changed to get the truncated values. I have updated mp2.tar at 2:30pm on November 6. If you downloaded mp2.tar before that time, please download it again. (README.pdf and the test result files in sample-out directory are changed.) You should read README.pdf carefully about the calculation of salesTax and totalCharge.
Notes for lecture 18 are posted.

11/01:

Notes for lecture 17 are posted.

10/28:

Notes for lecture 16 are posted.
MP2 is posted. It has part 1: Smalltalk and part 2: Java. They are due at Thursday, Nov 15th, 11:59pm.

The total score of MP2 is 200. MP2 is much more significant than MP1. Its workload is at least twice as much, compared to MP1. You should start now and plan wisely. MP3 will be less significant. It will be about the same as MP1.

10/22:

HW2 is posted. It is due at 11:59pm Nov 8th (Thursday) 2007.
Notes for lecture 15 are posted. Notes for lecture 14 are revised.
HW1 score posted. Midterm score posted. Midterm solution posted.

Regarding Smalltalk-related assignments:

1. Readings:
	* Smalltalk by Example, Chapter 1-6. (Chapter 7-9 are also recommended, especially sections related to Array).
	* Section "10.6 Smalltalk" in the textook.
2. HW2 and MP2 will require you to use Squeak to write Smalltalk programs.  Download Squeak at http://www.squeak.org/. I expect you to write smalltalk program using your own computers. If you don't have personal computer, please let me know. We will find ways to accommodate you.

10/18:

Notes for lecture 14 are posted.

10/15:

Midterm Exam is in-class, that is, 3:30-4:50pm, Tuesday, Oct. 16, in NH 110.
- The exam is close-book, close-notes. No scratch papers, calculators, or other devices are allowed. Any form of cheating results in a zero grade.
- No questions will be answered during the exam. We will try to make the exam as clear as possible. If you believe something is wrong, write down your thoughts. If you feel something is confusing or ambiguous, clearly write your assumptions that you make while solving the problem.

10/12:

HW1 solution posted in WebCT.

10/08:

Notes for lecture 13 are posted.
I strongly encourage you to download squeak. We will have HW2 and MP2 questions involving Smalltalk programming. It is clearly necessary to run your code before you submit it, otherwise your solution is unlikely to be right.

10/04:

Machine Problem 1 (MP1) is released at WebCT. It is due at Thursday Oct. 25th, 11:59pm. Plan ahead and start early.
Notes for lecture 12 are posted.

10/02:

Notes for lecture 11 are posted.

09/29:

HW1-part2 posted at WebCT.

Part 1 and Part 2 must be handed in together as a single file, through WebCT.

It is due at Oct. 9th, Thursday, 11:59pm Central Time.

09/25:

Notes for lecture 10 are posted.

09/25:

Notes for lecture 9 are posted. 7 and 8 were also posted.

09/23:

Several changes have been made to the schedule:

09/22:

HW1 posted at WebCT. It is due at Oct. 9th, Thursday, 11:59pm Central Time.

09/13:

Notes for lecture 6 are posted.

09/11:

Notes for lecture 5 are posted.
Our new TA is Weimin He. He will hold office hours in Nedderman Hall 239, Tuesday 5-6pm and Thursday 1:30-2:30pm.

09/10:

HW0 is posted. It is due at Sept. 13th, Thursday 5pm.
All the assignments (Homeworks(HW), Machine Problems(MP), Essays(ES)) instructions and files are posted on WebCT. You must handin your assignments through WebCT.
If you want to receive automatic confirmation after you submit your assignments, please follow the steps below:
(1) Go to WebCT.
(2) Go to Communication Tools > Mail.
(3) Click button "Message Settings", which is above the Folders table.
(4) Check the box next to "Forward my mail to:", which is in the section "Mail forwarding" under "Message Settings".
(5) Enter your UTA email address in the box. Automatic confirmation of your homework submission will be delivered to this email address. Don't use emails outside UTA.
(6) Click "Update" at the bottom of the page.

09/06:

Notes for lecture 4 are posted.

09/04:

Lecture notes 3 is posted. The notes for lecture 1 and 2 were also posted.
No TA office hour for the week of Sept 3-7th. There is a chance that the department will assign a different TA to the course. We will get this settled ASAP and let you know the new TA information if there is a change.

08/28:

Welcome to CSE3302, Fall 2007!!!
Please read the class syllabus and lecture schedule, and ask now if you have any questions.
Read the ethics policies carefully and turn in a signed copy of the statement.
Stay tuned and make sure to check this page frequently. Important announcements will be posted there.