Lecture 1: Introduction
Thursday, September 01, 2011 Status: complete[
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Powerpoint Slides: L01a_Introduction.ppt, CL01b_Computing_Careers.ppt
Reading Assigned: 0.1-0.3
Homework Due:
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Topics Covered:
- Class syllabus and class policy (attendance, homework, academic integrity)
- Some non-myths about a career in programming. See article from July 2011 Communications of the ACM. (You can get full access from a UMBC computer or through VPN.)
- Booting class machines into Linux
- Unix commands: ls, mkdir, cat
- Using submit