CS 476/576- Systems Programming

INSTRUCTOR:

  Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Ph.D.
  wahab@cs.odu.edu
  (757) 683-4512
  Office Hours : T  9:30-11am & W 3:30-5:30pm
  249-4 Education Building

TEXTBOOKS

• UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4, David A. Curry, O'Reilly & Associates, 1996.
• Thinking In Java , Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall, 1998.

TOPICS:

• Shell Programming.                  (1 week  ):  Bourne and C Shell.
• X Windows                                (2 weeks):  Xlib and Motif.
• UNIX Systems Programming  (2 weeks): I/O, Processes, Threads, IPC and Signals.
• Network Programming             (2 weeks):  UDP/TCP Sockets and Multicasting.
• Java Systems Programmimg   (6 weeks):  SWING, Multithreading and Networking.

GRADING

• Assignments:        50%
• First Exam: October 18           25%
• Second Exam: December 13        25%

PREVIOUS YEARS

• Fall 1996
• Fall 1997
• Fall 1998