ITSK 2323        Developing Applications in C++

Jon A. Preston

E-mail: jonpreston@mail.clayton.edu

Phone: 770 960 4354

Office: IT109

Office hours: “Open door policy” and by appointment

Course Description

Advance topics in application development using Visual C++ and the Developer Studio. Topics include API and MFC. Also covered, advanced testing and debugging, and development of release versions.

Prerequisites

ITSK2313 (Intermediate C++)

Meeting Times

Lecture            8:15 pm – 10:20 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays (T116/109)

Lab                 On your own time (T109)

Required Textbooks

C# Essentials, Albahari et al (O’Reilly, 2001)

Various MSDN and Internet articles (to be announced)

Assessment

You will have numerous opportunities to practice and demonstrate mastery of the materials covered in this course.  It is up to you to keep current on all readings and assignments (including in-class announcements).  If you fall behind, you will most assuredly fail this course!

Grading will be based upon the following scale:

            A            >= 90%

            B            80% - 90%

            C            70% - 80%

            D            60% - 70%

            F            < 60%

Assignment             Portion of Grade

Final                            30%

Tests (2)                     30% (15% each)

Programs                   40%

Random, in-class pop quizzes may be given if it appears that you are not keeping up with the material and aren’t doing your part.  These will be counted in borderline cases (akin to extra credit).

Programs that don’t compile cleanly (no warnings or errors) or halt/crash will receive no credit; the programming assignments will be graded on a progressive scale, so it’s almost always possible to get most credit if you follow good programming practices, building your solution piecewise with verification testing.

Please be advised that no credit will be given for late assignments.

Words of Wisdom (TAKE THIS PART SERIOUSLY!)

I expect your active participation in class.  Class attendance is expected because it’s much easier to learn if you’re coming to class and asking questions in lecture about things that confuse you.  Remember – if you knew all of this, you’d be teaching and I’d be hiking in the mountains! J 

Start assignments early.  This way, you can ask questions and clarify things that are confusing.  Often, I’ll make assignments intentionally “open” so that you can come up with creative solutions, but this also means it’s often easy to misread what I’m looking for in the correct solution.  Better to ask and learn than to get a low grade!

Your grade in this course is determined completely on performance, not on effort. 

I know this syllabus seems harsh and mean, but I’m really a nice guy, and we’ll have fun learning this semester.  I just have to say all this stuff so you don’t slack off! J

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