ENG 101: Introduction to Computers and Programming

Lecture Notes and Examples

• Day 1 -- Assignment, ints/doubles, cout, if statements
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 2 -- Day 1 review, while loops, indenting.
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 3 -- Day 2 review, functions, code style.
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 4 -- More functions, review, (maybe) intro to arrays
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 5 -- P0 and arrays. A bit of sorting (maybe)
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 6 More arrays; functions and arrays.
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 7 Finish arrays; structures.
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 8 Quiz, how to code. (no sample code)
• Day 9 More "how to code", scope.
• Day 10 Multi-dim arrays
  Code examples (pdf).
• Day 11 Code examples (pdf) C++ strings.
• Day 12 More C++ strings
  Code example (pdf).
• Day 13 File I/O
  Code example (pdf).
• Day 14 Misc C++ (for loops etc.)
• Day 15 Binary, signed numbers, ASCII
• Day 16 Project A, logic, gates, adding with gates.
• Day 17 Hex, floating point, memory, computer organization.
• Day 18 Computer example (updated 2/20 -- typo on last page)
• Day 19 Matlab (day 1)
  Code examples
• Code examples for Lecture 20
  Complex example (from the web) of graphing
• Day 21 2's complement numbers, C++ constructs, algorithms.
• Day 22 Intro to object oriented programming
• Day 23 Project B, some OOP
  Code examples
• Day 24: Code examples More OOP
• Day 25 Yet More OOP
  Code examples
• No slides or handouts for 26 and 27. Everything was on the board. The final code written is found as the code for day 28.
• Day 28 Misc topics: finish OOP, function prototypes, pass by ref.
  Code examples
• Days 29 and 30: Lecture 30 -- Exam info, stack.cc, stack.h, split.cc, rpn.cc,
• Matlab1 -- Review,
• Matlab2 -- Exam, Cannonballs fly,
  M2.txt--matlab files
• Matlab3 -- Fill and functions,
  M3.txt--matlab files
• Matlab4 -- Short problems (1/2),
  M4.txt--matlab files
• Matlab5 -- Short problems (2/2), (The one matlab program supplied is in M4.txt).
• Last lecture -- Class/final review

Misc references

• A page with links to information about bits, logic and the like
• A Matlab Quick Ref Guide
• Matlab "book" by Mary Lou Dorf
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6