Lecture 1

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Lecture 1, Tue 06/25

Course overview, a gentle intro to C++ - Standard I/O

Code from lecture

https://github.com/ucsb-cs16-m19/code-from-class/tree/master/06-25

Topics

Course logistics

• Explore the course website and READ the syllabus
• Ask questions about the course on Piazza (don’t send emails to TAs and instructor)
• If you email the instructor have [CS16] and a brief description of your question

Concepts

• Structure of a C++ program
  • the main function
  • namepsaces and include directives
  • commenting your code
  • standard input, standard output with cin, cout
• The three stages of writing and executing C++ code: editing, compiling, (linking and) executing
• Five components of a computer and why it matters
• Compiling code with g++
• Finding your way around with basic unix commands - mkdir, ls, cp, mv, rm (use with caution because it deletes files irrecoverably)
• Choosing an editor (vim or emacs)- may the best editor win!
• Remote login with ssh
• High level introduction to tools: gradescope, github