CS 101: Computer Programming

— Summer 2018

This course gives an entry-level foundation in computer programming. This course is intended to develop the programming ability in students, and help students applying the computing fundamentals to their field of study in engineering, science, and technology.

We will cover topics such as, but not limited to:

overview of high-level languages
introduction to C/C++ Library, basic data types, function definitions and declarations, conditional and iteration statement, array and string manipulation
recursive programming
introduction to searching and sorting
introduction to structures and pointers

Instructors

Dr. Sreejith A V — sreejithav [at] iitgoa.ac.in
Dr. Clint P. George — clint [at] iitgoa.ac.in
Dr. Sharad Sinha — sharad [at] iitgoa.ac.in

Meetings

Lectures: Monday to Friday, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Computer Lab, IT Building

Recommended Books and resources

An Introduction to Programming through C++, McGraw Hill Education

C++ reference

Grading Policy

TBA

Submit Homework 2 before the class meeting time on May 23.

Course Schedule

This is a tentative course schedule. It will be updated often.

#	Date	Topic	Materials*
1	May 15 - May 16	Variables and assignments	slides
2	May 16 - May 17	Conditional execution: if, switch	slides
3	May 18	General loops Reading: program design, implementation, review, and coding standards	reading 1, reading 2, slides
4	May 21	Implementing common mathematical functions	slides, Newton's method, Bisection method, execution time
5	May 22	Functions, pass-by-reference, pointers	slides, polar-cartesian coordinates
6	May 23	Arrays, linear search	slides
7	June 07	Class, constructors, destructors, and operator overloading	slides

Homeworks and Labs

Additional materials

#	Week	Topics/Projects	Due Date
1	May 17	Homework (programming): Lecture 1, slide 29, 31	May 18
2	May 21	Homework (programming) 2	May 23
3	May 24	Homework (programming) 3	May 28