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INFR08022 Computer Programming: Skills and Concepts (INF-1-CP)
and MUSI09001 Computer Programming for Music Technology.

This course provides an gradual but in-depth introduction to imperative programming using the C programming language. Our lectures (2 a week) are backed up with a scripted (and supervised) two-hour Lab and a one-hour tutorial, every week. The assessment will be based on a 3-hour online programming exam in December (worth 90%) and one coursework due in week 8 (10%).

• NEW: (12 Dec) Lab logs have code added for selected tasks of selected labs.
• NEW: (11 Dec) Tutorial notes/solutions added (check the schedule against any particular tutorial). The format differs depending on tutorial; in some cases we give complete solutions and/or programs, in other cases just notes.
• NEW: (5 Dec) Coursework marks and comments were emailed out to CP and CPMT students (here is the original specification and files needed).
• Mock Exam Results (Friday 16 Nov). Your submissions and feedback from the mock exam are available, together with the question paper and solutions. Click here.
• For practice, we have made last year's exam available, together with an automarker. Also last year's resit exam.
• We use the Descartes package for coursework/labs - this page has information and files to download.
• The DRPS entry for CP (including syllabus, exam/coursework weightings, etc) is here
• The DRPS entry for CPMT (including syllabus, (different) exam/coursework weightings, etc) is here
• We do not assume any previous programming experience, only a logical mind and an appetite for hard work.

People

Lecturers are Mary Cryan and Julian Bradfield. The official Course Organiser is Paul Anderson.

The Class Rep is Konstantinos Bantounos (s1204517). Mail him by mid-November to raise any issues at the Staff-Student meeting.

• In case of illness or other Special Circumstances during the semester, please contact the Course Organiser Paul Anderson
• For problems with Tutorial/Lab allocations, please complete the ITO Contact Form, selecting "Service course", and mentioning CP.
• For any other administrative issues or questions, please email Mary Cryan (mcryan AT inf DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk).

Timetable

CP/CPMT is taught in semester 1. It is taught as a combination of two Lectures:

• 2:10pm on Mondays, in D.02 (3rd floor) of Forrest Hill building.
• 11:10am on Tuesdays, in Lecture Theatre 5 of Appleton Tower

and one of the following (compulsory) scripted and supervised Labs (from week 2 onwards):

• EITHER 3:10-5:00 Monday in AT 4.12
• OR 10:00-11:50 Thursday in AT 4.12

and a 1-hour Tutorial (from week 3 onwards). The allocation of students to Tutorials is here and to Labs is here (DICE authenticated).

Schedule

The complete collection of log entries is here (final update 12th Dec). Individual log entries can be found by clicking on the active titles in the schedule below.

Meeting	Day	Date	Who	Where	Title	Slides & Handouts	Code
Week 1
1.	Monday	17 Sept	Mary/Julian	FH D.02	Introduction to CP	sl1, sl1x4	hello.c
2.	Tuesday	18 Sept	Mary	AT LT5	Imperative programming, operations, errors	sl2, sl2x4
Week 2
Lab	Mon 24 or Thurs 27		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Intro to the DICE Environment	lab1.pdf, unix.pdf, emacs.pdf
3.	Monday	24 Sept	Mary	FH D.02	Variables and ints	sl3, sl3x4	square.c, max.c
4.	Tuesday	25 Sept	Mary	AT LT5	Arithmetic operations, int, float, double	sl4, sl4x4	floats.c, quadratic.c
Week 3
Tutorial			Tutor		week 3 sheet	tutwk3.pdf, tutsoln3.pdf	tutw3b.c, tutw3c.c
Lab	Mon 1 or Thurs 4		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Simple arithmetic problems	lab2.pdf
5.	Monday	1 Oct	Mary	FH D.02	arithmetic, if-statement (cont.)	sl5, sl5x4	quadratic1.c, quadratic2.c
6.	Tuesday	2 Oct	Mary	AT LT5	iteration: for and while	sl6, sl6x4	table.c, fib.c, fib-for.c,
Week 4
Tutorial			Tutor		week 4 sheet	tutwk4.pdf	week4sol.tar
Lab	Mon 8 or Thurs 11		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Programming with iteration	lab3.pdf
7.	Monday	8 Oct	Julian	FH D.02	Functions	sl7, sl7x4	triangle.c
8.	Tuesday	9 Oct	Mary	AT LT5	Functions 2	sl8, sl8x4	scope.c, scope2.c
Week 5
Tutorial			Tutor		week 5 sheet	tutwk5.pdf, tutsoln5.pdf	tutw5c.c
Lab	Mon 15 or Thurs 18		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Simple Graphics with descartes	lab4.pdf, lab4sl.pdf	lab4.tar
9.	Monday	15 Oct	Mary	FH D.02	Arrays	sl9, sl9x4	fib-arr.c, whatday2.c
10.	Tuesday	16 Oct	Julian	AT LT5	Practical Programming	sl10, sl10x4	base.c
Week 6
Tutorial			Tutor		week 6 sheet	tutwk6.pdf, tutsoln6.pdf	fbase.c
Lab	Mon 22 or Thurs 25		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Functions, some pointers, some arrays	lab5.pdf
11.	Monday	22 Oct	Julian	FH D.02	scanf in more detail; char	sl11, sl11x4
12.	Tuesday	23 Oct	Julian	AT LT5	Strings	sl12, sl12x4
Week 7
Tutorial			Tutor		week 7 sheet	tutwk7.pdf, tutsoln7.pdf	tutw7a.c
Lab	Mon 29 or Thurs 1		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Arrays and some strings	lab6.pdf
13.	Monday	29 Oct	Julian	FH D.02	Structured Data	sl13, sl13x4
14.	Tuesday	30 Oct	Julian	AT LT5	Structured Data, cont.; enums; switch
Week 8
Tutorial			Tutor		week 8 sheet	tutwk8.pdf, tutsoln8.pdf	bubblesort.c, mergerec.c,
Lab	Mon 5 or Thurs 8		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Structured data types	lab7.pdf	running.c
15.	Monday	5 Nov	Mary	FH D.02	Searching and sorting	sl15, sl15x4
16.	Tuesday	6 Nov	Mary	AT LT5	Recursion (including mergesort)	sl16, sl16x4
Week 9
Tutorial			Tutor		week 9 sheet	tutwk9.pdf	sidebyside.c
Lab	Mon 12 or Thurs 15		Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	mock exam
17.	Monday	12 Nov	Mary/Julian	FH D.02	MergeSort/Libraries and Separate Compilation	sl17, sl17x4
18.	Tuesday	13 Nov	Julian	AT LT5	Files in C	sl18, sl18x4
Week 10
Lab			Julian+/Mary+	AT4.12	Recursion and some File work	lab8.pdf
Tutorial			Tutor		Mock exam Qs; Files and Arguments	see prev sheet
19.	Monday	19 Nov	Julian	FH D.02	Program Arguments, More C; Mock exam feedback	sl19, sl19x4, slM, slMx4	arg.c
20.	Tuesday	20 Nov	Mary	AT LT5	Some past exam Questions	Aug12 paper	files

Assessment

Your grade for CP will depend on two components. The first part will be a single electronically-submitted piece of coursework which will be worth 10% of your overall grade. The second is the final exam, carried out as a computer-based programming test held in the computer labs, taking place at the the end of semester 1. This final exam is worth 90% of your overall grade.

Course Text

"A Book on C: Programming in C", 4th edition; by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl.

Practising on your own machine

• C Compiler for Windows: See here for how to install a C compiler to support C programming on your own (Windows) computer.
• If you have a Macbook, you can download the gcc compiler from the xcode library available free to Apple developers.