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====== Your Course  ======

===== Description  =====

This course introduces software tools that are used for building applications and in the software development process. It covers the following topics:
  * ANSI-C (stdio, pointers, memory management, overview of ANSI-C libraries)
  * Shell programming
  * Filters and pipes (shell redirection, grep, sort & uniq, tr, sed, awk, pipes in C)
  * Version control systems and the "make" mechanism
  * Debugging and testing
• All the above tools will be applied in practical programming assignments and/or small-group projects.

By the end of the course, the students will be expected to be able to:
  - Use the basic functionality of the Unix shell, such as standard commands and utilities, input/output redirection, and pipes
  - Develop and test shell scripts of significant size.
  - Develop and test programs written in the C programming language.
  - Describe the memory management model of the C programming language


===== Lecture Times =====

  * Lecture:Wednesday, 5:30am - 7:30pm, SLH A
  * Lab 1: Thursday 6:00pm - 8:00pm LAS 1006/04/02
  * Lab 2: Friday 4:00pm-6:00pm LAS 1006/04