CS 476/576- Systems Programming

INSTRUCTOR:

  Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Ph.D.
  e-mail: wahab@cs.odu.edu
  offfice phone: (757) 683-4512
  office hours: T  3:30-5:30pm & W 2:30-4:30pm
  office location: 249-4 Education Building

TEXTBOOKS

• UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4 ,David A. Curry, O'Reilly & Associates, 1996.
• Thinking In Java , 2nd edition, Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall, 2000.

TOPICS:

• Shell Programming.                 (1week  ):  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 24        25%
• Second Exam: December 12        25%

PREVIOUS YEARS

• Fall 1996
• Fall 1997
• Fall 1998
• Fall 1999