CPSC 421-010 Object-Oriented Programming Spring 2025

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• Week 2 Class 3 Tue Jan 21 Posted: Jan 21

  Special Announcement

  Class Meeting 3 on Tuesday, Jan. 21, is remote. We will meet via Teams during class meeting time.

  The class meeting should appear on your Teams calendar. If not, there is a direct link in Brightspace.

  Announcements

  • Office Hours Online via Teams. Contact me via chat on Teams.

  • Exercise 5: Rainfall I

    • I posted a feedback report, Report1.md, in your repository under the branch feedback. I strongly suggest looking at it on GitHub:

    • I posted the scores and any additional comments in Brightspace

    Report1.md Example report.

    Points were taken off for:

    • Differences between your code for a commit and my code in the example
    • Not following the exact format of the header comment
    • Typos in words
    • More than 2 commits
    • Wrong form of the action in the commit message. It is "Add", not "Added", "Adding", or "add".

    Also, do not use term "assignment" or "exercise" in your code. We simulate working on real code.

    If you have spacing or wording to fix, you can fix them. However, these commits must start with the word "Fix". Not "Fixing", "Fixed", or "fix", but "Fix".

  • Guides

  • Exercise 6: Development Environment Setup Results

    If you do not have cmake 3.31 or later, you will have problems with further exercises and the projects. Follow my Development Environment Setup instructions. If you have issues or problems setting it up, do not ignore it.

  Agenda

  • Notes: Software Design Characteristics
  • Exercise 7: Software Design Characteristics Crossword
  • Exercise 8: For Statement Quiz Performed during class.
  • Notes: Rainfall Coding Practices

  • Exercise 9: Rainfall II

    Continuing on using the workflow from Rainfall I

    As before, you can follow along and see the commits that I make in class:

    OOPS25-Rainfall-010

    If you have any questions or issues, make sure to contact me.

  Unless otherwise noted, exercises are due by 4:30 pm on Wed Jan 22

• Week 1 Class 2 Thu Jan 16 Posted: Jan 16

  After Class

  • Remote Teaching In anticipation of the forecasted cold and possible extreme wind chills, class on Tuesday, Jan. 21, will be remote. We will meet via Teams.

    The class meeting should appear on your Teams calendar. If not, there is a direct link in Brightspace.

  Announcements

  • Grades for Exercises 1 & 2 are in Brightspace
  • OOP Survey Results
  • Development Environment: Tools Follow the directions in the guide to set up your development environment. Department servers have older versions of g++ and cmake, so do not rely on them.

  Agenda

  • Guide: GitHub Authentication
  • Setup for Exercise 5: Rainfall I
  • Notes: Software Design
  • Exercise 3: Software Design Crossword Due by 4:30 pm on Friday, Jan 17

  • Exercise 4: Statement Design Quiz

    • Completed during class
    • Each solution in a question produces the same result
    • Must choose the "best" choice, and state why it is better
    • If you complete the Design Quiz, you will get full credit for Exercise 4
  • Notes: Rainfall Coding Practices

  • Exercise 5: Rainfall I

    You can follow along and see the commits that I make in class:

    OOPS25-Rainfall-010

    If you have any questions or issues, make sure to contact me.

  • Exercise 6: Development Environment Setup

  Unless otherwise noted, exercises are due by Noon on Mon Jan 20

• Exercise 5: Rainfall I Posted: Jan 16

  Take the starting rainfall.cpp code and make the same changes that I make in class.

  Your code is in a repository from GitHub Classroom:

  1. Log in to your GitHub account.
  2. Click on the invitation link (GitHub Classroom Rainfall) on the main course page in Brightspace.
  3. Follow the directions to link your GitHub account to your UA ID.

  Environment

  1. Local

     This would be on your own machine with local files.

     First, you need to authenticate your local environment with GitHub: Guide: GitHub Authentication. This only has to be done once per environment, e.g. WSL on Windowws.

     Then you clone the repository. Cloning creates a local repository that is a copy of your repository at GitHub.

     You can get the repo link from the button <> Code button on GitHub, then under Local and HTTPS.

     Cloning a repository creates a directory with the name of your repository, e.g., _rainfall-_. To work on the files, you need to move into that directory:

  2. GitHub Codespaces

     GitHub Codespaces provides a development environment in the browser. When you create one from your GitHub Repository, you are already authenticated with GitHub and have a clone repository. So you can start working right away

     You can start a Codespace from the <> Code button on GitHub, then under Codespaces.

  Build Setup

  Git Workflow on Rainfall

  1. Edit files locally, e.g., add a header comment to the file rainfall.cpp
  2. Build, run, and check your work
  3. View your changes
  4. Commit current changes to the local repository:
  5. Push your local commits to the GitHub repository:
  6. View and verify your changes at GitHub in your browser Do not skip this verification
  7. View your commits locally

  Note Your code must build and compile. If you have a build warning or error, fix these before making any more changes to the code.

  Note You must commit each change that I make separately and use the exact commit message that I use in class

• Week 1 Class 1 Tue Jan 14 Posted: Jan 14

  Announcements

  • Syllabus

  • GitHub We use GitHub and GitHub Classroom in the class to manage source code for projects, exercises, and examples. You are required to have a GitHub account.

    Optionally, you can apply for the Student Github Developer Pack and get a free GitHub Pro account. To apply, your account email can be a school account, or a personal account if you upload documents to prove your current enrollment status.

  • GitHub Codespaces All exercises and projects include GitHub Codespaces as an option. It runs in and browser and offers a development environment with Visual Studio Code, along with a shell to enter commands for building (compiling and linking) and running your program. It automatically clones your GitHub repository. However, it does not automatically save your code changes back to GitHub; you must use git commands to do so.
  • Development Environment: Tools While GitHub Codespaces is great for short-term exercises, you'll want to work on long-term projects directly on your computer. Follow the instructions in the guide to set up your development environment. Department servers have older versions of g++ and cmake, so avoid relying on them.

  • O'Reilly Online Learning The course textbook is available in O'Reilly Online Learning.

    You do not have to be on the campus network (e.g., via VPN) to access O'Reilly Online Learning.

    To access content, click the "Institution not listed?" link below the dropdown and enter your UA email. You will then create an account and use that account from now on.

    For more information: Library LibGuide

  Agenda

  • Exercise 1: OOP Survey

  • Exercise 2: Course Content Crossword

    1. Fill out the crossword in your browser. Do not print and fill out on paper.
    2. Print to a PDF using the Print Button or the Print feature in your browser. Try to include the headers and footers in the PDF.
    3. Upload the PDF of the completed crossword to Brightspace in Assessments/Assignments.
  • Notes: Software Design

  Unless otherwise noted, exercises are due by 4:30 pm on Wed Jan 15

• Welcome Posted: Dec 19

  Greetings and welcome to CPSC 421 Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) for Spring 2025.

  • Syllabus The syllabus for the course is on the main course page. It is a draft that I will finalize before our first class meeting.
  • Survey The first exercise is to fill out the class survey. The survey is due after our first class meeting, but you can complete it before.
  • Development Environment Development Environment: Tools is a guide for setting up your programming development environment for the class. It is good to start early as you will need this early in the course.

  • GitHub In the class, we use GitHub and GitHub Classroom to manage source code for projects, exercises, and examples. You are required to have a GitHub account.

    Optionally, you can apply for the Student Github Developer Pack and get a free GitHub Pro account. To apply, your account email can be a school account or a personal account if you upload documents to prove your current enrollment status.

  See you on Tuesday, Jan 14 at  9:15 - 10:30 am in (CAS) room 136