Software Design


This page was created to support students taking the Software Design course. This page contains:

•  The course outline.

• The individual programming project for this semester is the creation an assembler basic interpreter.  This project must be done using Visual C++. I want us all to have the same development platform and learn some of the tools available from Microsoft.  The following is the support material that I have written for this project.

1. The VC3600 Computer
2. Specifications for the Assembler
3. Example of string manipulation
4. File Access in C++
5. An introduction to STL
6. An example of using the istrstream class to parse strings.
7. A link to more data on STL.  (Thank you Arindam A Kundu for the reference.)  The author of the web site is giving a lot of details, so this might be a bit confusing.  You might want to use your CS 2 book instead.

•  Some the notes for the class.  This are the notes I used to give the lectures in chronological order.  .  They might be of some use to you when you review your notes and prepare for the exam.
  • Introduction. 9/4/2008
  • C++ review 9/8/2008, 9/11/2008, 9/15/2008, 9/18/2008, 9/22/2008
  • An introduction to STL 9/25/2008, 9/29/2008, 10/2/2008
  • Coding Standards  
  • File Access in C++ 10/2/2008
  • An example of using the istringstream class to parse strings. 10/2/2008
  • The design of the Assembler. 10/6/2008, 10/9/2008  10/13/2008 Review
  • Implementing the Assembler
  • Presentations
  • Thoughts on the presentations 11/17/2008
  • Work Environment 11/10/2008
  • Profiling
  • RFP assignment
  • RFP analysis 12/1/2008, 12/4/2008
  • Example of a DFD
    
    
• Additional assignments
   
• The following are handouts that might help you do the assignments.
  • Visual C++ 
  • Using UNIX
  •  Using Emacs
  •  Using the debugger