CSC 172
Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Spring, 1999

Introduction to the course

The syllabus

Schedule

Homework Assignments

Announcements

Reading Assignments

• Arnow & Weiss Chaps. 1-11
• Read my Adages on Software Engineering and Object-Oriented Programming, including the few paragraphs about "the joys (and woes) of the craft".
• Read (and use!) the Design Recipes.

Downloads

• The Examples Directory. Here are lots of examples illustrating various data structures we've talked about in class.
• The Downloads Directory (or "Downloads Folder", if you prefer). This is where I put files for you to download, typically as starting points for your programming assignments.
  ftp link

For further information

Scheme and functional programming

• My Brief Tutorial on Scheme
• Felleisen et al's on-line textbook How to Design Programs

Java and OOP

• Object Oriented Programming FAQ
• Instant Java, another Java book that provides a large collection of sample applets on the Web
• Wired on Java an on-line Java instruction site with tutorials
• Documentation files for the Java API, version 1.0.2 (all the common built-in classes, like System, Math, Polygon, Applet, etc.)
• Documentation files for the Java API, version 1.1.6 (which makes text I/O and event-handling easier, but not all common browsers understand it yet, so if you write applets depending on it, some people won't be able to run them.)
• CSC 390, the Java course I taught in the summer of 1997.
• Java example programs

HTML and Web-site authoring (Warning: you can easily spend much too much time on this, considering it'll all be obsolete in a year or two!)

• W3C's HTML Page, where you'll find definitive information about the latest version of HTML.
• HTML Goodies, a collection of lot of tutorials and examples of stuff you can do with HTML.
• Builder.com, a site containing lots of tips, tricks, and suggestions for writing better pages and sites.

Using the Adelphi computer systems

The Adelphi Help Desk page

Computing in general

• The Free Online Dictionary of Computing.
• The Association for Computing Machinery, the premiere professional organization for computer scientists. The site includes career services, the student programming contest, a student magazine, information on student membership, and lots more.