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<b>Teacher:</b>Jenett Tillotson <br>
<b>Teacher's email:</b> jtillots ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com

<b>Website:</b> http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming

<b>Text:</b> The C Programming Language: 2nd Edition by Kernighan and Ritchie <br>
Buy it on [http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Brian-W-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 Amazon]!
You might find the [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/C.pdf PDF] version useful.

<b>Mailing list:</b> introtoprogramming@bloominglabs.org

<b>Software:</b> 
* Linux: Use the gcc package which comes with your Linux distribution
* Mac OSX: Use [http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html Clang]
* Windows: Use [http://cygwin.com/ Cygwin] [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/moac/people/students/peter_cock/cygwin/part2/ Installing GCC]

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<b>Lectures:</b>
* Lecture 8 - November 12th
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture8/lecture8.txt Notes]
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture8/ Code]
** Homework: Read half of chapter 5, and [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture8/assignment8.txt write fib (and hanoi for extra credit)]

* Lecture 7 - November 5th
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture7/lecture7.txt Notes]
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture7/ Code]
** Homework: Read Chapter 4, sections 4.6 - 4.11, exercise 4.4, and [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture7/assignment7.txt dividing a program into multiple files]

* Lecture 6 - October 29th
** Sorting
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture6/lecture6.txt Notes]
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture6/ Code]
** Homework: Read Chapter 4, sections 4.1 thru 4.5, [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture6/assignment6.txt Bubble Sort]
* Lecture 5 - October 22nd
** Finish up last week's lecture
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture5/lecture5.txt Notes]
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture5/ Code]
** Homework:
*** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture6/readings.txt Read about sorting], finish up last week's homework, exercise 3-2
 
* Lecture 4 - October 15th
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture4/lecture4.txt Notes]
**[http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture4/ Code]
** Homework:
*** Read all of Chapter 3; exercises 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5

* Lecture 3 - October 1st
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture3/lecture3.txt Notes]
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture3/ Code]
** Homework:
*** Read pages 41 through 54
***  Print out the ascii table for ascii values from 0 to 127. Include decimal, octal, hexidecimal, and char values for each value. You may find page 154 very helpful.
*** Directly compute the value ranges of unsigned char, short, and unsigned short. See [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture3/values-char.c values-char.c] as an example
*** Extra credit: compute the ranges for int, unsigned int. 
*** Extra, extra credit: compute the ranges for long and float

* Lecture 2 - September 24th
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture2/lecture2.txt Notes]
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture2/ Code]
** Homework: Read pages 35 through 40; exer 1-15, 1-17; extra credit 1-13 (both horizontal and vertical), 1-19
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture2/homework Homework Answers]

* Lecture 1 - September 17th 
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture1/lecture1.txt Notes]
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture1/ Code]
** Homework: Read pages 5 through 34; exer 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5
** [http://harold.uits.indiana.edu/~jtillots/IntroToProgramming/lecture1/homework Homework Answers]