CS61B: Data Structures and Advanced Programming

Fall 2009, 2060 VLSB MWF 1:00-2:00PM

Instructor: Prof. Paul Hilfinger

Important Information About Prerequisites

The paper and on-line versions of the catalog incorrectly state that you must have received at least a B- in CS61A to take CS61B. This information has been incorrect for a number of semesters, but bureaucratic snafus have apparently prevented its correction. Again, there is no minimum-grade prerequisite for CS61B.

Account Administration (Grades, Registration, etc.)	General Course Information
About the Staff	Materials from Discussion Sections
Lecture notes	Labs and Homework
Newsgroups (also: off-campus access)	Frequently Asked Questions
Java Library Documentation (also: no frames)	Emacs Quick Guide
Tool Documentation: Subversion, Emacs, etc.)	A Java Reference.
Data Structures (Into Java)	UCB Package Documentation
List of instructional login servers
Some project style guidelines	A collection of bad Java practices
Berkeley Programming Contests

Announcements

• Test #3 in class on Friday, 4 December. Project #3 now due Monday, 7 December.
• Nathan has changed his Thursday office hours. They are now on Thursdays at 1200, still in in 611 soda.
• Test #1 results now out. The TAs have prepared a breakdown by question.
• I have posted test solutions. Please do not redistribute.
• The command

      staff-reversi 
  

  on the instructional machines produces our version of

           java reversi 
  

  You may add the --display option to see our (simple) GUI. As usual, it is not the standard (the spec is), and is not guaranteed to be correct. Hence, it is subject to frequent change.
• From HKN:

  Need help with any of the lower division courses (CS61A, CS61B, CS61C, CS70, EE20, EE40)? HKN, the EECS honors society, provides tutoring services throughout the week, Monday through Friday, from 11AM to 2PM, in our offices at 290 Cory and 345 Soda. Visit our website at http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu to check out the tutoring schedule, and drop by! We also maintain midterms from previous semesters on our website, to help you with your studying.

• FYI: Here a few common project comments that I have made about projects in the past.
• Here are sample tests and solutions.
• Please use bug-submit to submit problems with your programs. In a directory containing all the files in your assignment (in the case of Project #1, this means the proj1 directory, not the proj1/drawing subdirectory), prepare a file called ERROR containing a description of your problem and how to reproduce it. Then issue

     bug-submit ASSIGNMENT
  

  where ASSIGNMENT is the name of the assignment (e.g., proj1).
• You can still access the Spring 2009 site from here.

Various Information

• Here are some pointers about connecting from home.