Programming Assignments

General Information

• The initial deadline for each programming assignment is at 11:00pm on the due date shown.
• Programs that do not compile will not be accepted.

Tentative Schedule

Getting Handout Code

The project handout code is in the directory:

/export/home/public/schwesin/csc135/projects/

and each project has the naming convention projectX-handout where X is the project number.

Example: copy the project 1 handout code to your home directory

cp -r /export/home/public/schwesin/csc135/projects/project1-handout ~/

Project Submission

To submit a project, execute the following command from within your projectX-handout directory:

    ~schwesin/bin/submit csc135 projectX

where X is the project number.

Program Evaluation Criteria

For each project, you need to edit two files: pX.cpp, where X is the project number, and program_plan.txt. You must not change the names of these files. The source code and program plan are evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Analysis and Design: the program submission must include a program plan document. See the Program Plan document for details.

• Style:

  • The program must be documented according to the Documentation Standards.
  • The program must be written in a structured form with appropriate indentation and white space.
  • Identifiers must have meaningful names.

• Functions: After functions are covered, the program must make appropriate use of functions. Each function must be well defined and perform only one task.

• Specification: The program must work properly according to the specification. That is, it must solve the specified problem and produce correct results.

C++ Style Guidelines

• ST01: Meaningful names for variables, constants and functions. Multi-word variables can use either camelcase or snakecase, but you must use a consistent naming convention throughout the program. That is, do not mix camelcase and snakecase in the same program. Using a variable name with a single character is only appropriate if the variable is the iteration variable of a loop; otherwise using a single character variable is not correct. For example, if a variable represents an average, name it average instead of a.

• ST02: Consistent indentation (4 spaces is common).

• ST03: Variable declaration statements must declare a single variable.

• ST04: Define values as constants when needed.

• ST05: Constants must have uppercase identifiers (for example MAX_LENGTH instead of max_length.)

• ST06: Consistent brace style.

• ST07: There must be one blank space between operators (for example, x = 5 + 7.)

• ST08: The must be one space after a comma.

• ST09: Loops and conditionals must use braces.

• ST10: Use parentheses for clarity in complex expressions.

• ST11: Avoid global variables where they are unnecessary.