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:

1. Use the basic functionality of the Unix shell, such as standard commands and utilities, input/output redirection, and pipes
2. Develop and test shell scripts of significant size.
3. Develop and test programs written in the C programming language.
4. Describe the memory management model of the C programming language

• 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