CSSE 120 – Course Resources

This page contains information that is resourceful to students and may help them excel in this class.  Resources for Python, C, and the course as a whole are accessible from this page. Students are advised to visit this page often as it will be updated on a regular basis.

Software Installation

• Installing Python -- Programming language used in first seven weeks of the course. Class of 2011 and later should already have this installed.
• Installing Zelle Graphics Library -- A library used for programming Graphics applications.
• Installing Eclipse -- An IDE used to facilitate software development. Class of 2011 and later should already have this installed.
• Configuring Eclipse for Python -- Necessary for using Eclipse for development of Python programs
• Installing Subclipse -- A tool used to checkout and commit work to SVN repositories. Allows you to use Subversion version control from within Eclipse.
• Installing the MinGW Tools for C/C++ -- Compilation tools for C/C++ on Windows. Class of 2011 and later should already have this installed.
• Configuring Eclipse for C/C++ -- Necessary for using Eclipse for development of C/C++ programs on Windows. If you already have the C/C++ perspective installed, jump down to "Writing your first C program".

Reference Documents

• Zelle Graphics Module Reference -- Describes how to use the various components of the graphics library
• Color Manual that works with Zelle Graphics --  zellegraphics.py uses Tkinter, which is an interface to Tk.
• The ASCII Table -- Character codes for the ASCII character set (128 characters).
• The Extended ASCII Table -- Character codes for the extended ASCII character set (256 characters).
• The Unicode Consortium -- Find out more about Unicode. Covers all major spoken languages.

Python Programming

• See software installation and reference documents above.

C Programming

• Eccential C - An introducton to C -- A concise introduction to C by Nick Parlante
• C Operator Precedence Table -- How do you decide which operators to apply first?
• The C Standard Library -- Need to include certain header files to access some functionalities.
• Python vs C Comparison -- How are they similar? How are they different?
• Troubleshooting C on Eclipse -- Where are my binaries?