From CS 455 Spring 2013

CS455-S13: Links

Admin

• CS 455 Mailing List
• Blackboard
  • Submitting Assignments via Blackboard
• CS Dept Systems Group (Unix account questions)
  • create CS account
  • FAQ (lab hours, machine names, create CS account)
  • overview of CS Unix services
• Chegg - rent textbooks for a semester
• Printing Lecture Notes

Unix Links

• Opening X Windows Remotely
• Using PuTTY to login to ODU-CS Unix machines
• Intro to Unix (Dr. Zeil's CS 252)
• Unix/C/HTML Useful Links
• Emacs Tutorial

Java Links

• Java Tutorials
• Java Class Reference
  • String Class

Python Links

• Official Python Website
• Python Library Reference
  • String methods
• Tutorials
  • official tutorial
  • Python Tutor - visualize code
  • Dive into Python
  • Try Python - interactive tutorial
  • Learn Python - another interactive tutorial

Networking Links

• Computer Networking, Kurose and Ross (textbook authors' blog)
• Textbook applets
• Sockets in Java Tutorial
• You Don't Know Jack About Network Performance
• Server Attention Span - XKCD comic

Tools

• Speed Test - bandwidth test
• DNS stuff - web-based networking utility
• whatmask - CIDR/netmask tool
• traceroute.org

Professional Communication

• How to Email a Professor
• How to Talk to a Professor