EGR 103/Concept List Fall 2019

This page will be used to keep track of the commands and major concepts for each lab in EGR 103.

Lectures

• Lecture 1 - Introduction
  • Class web page: EGR 103L; assignments, contact info, readings, etc - see slides on Errata/Notes page
  • Sakai page: Sakai 103L page; grades, surveys and tests, some assignment submissions
  • Piazza page: Piazza 103L page; message board for questions
• Lecture 2 - Programs and Programming
  • To play with Python:
    • Install it on your machine or a public machine: Download
    • Use a Duke container with Spyder: Containers - note - these do not have access to your Duke files. More on how to connect that later.
  • Quick tour of Python
    • Editing window, variable explorer, and console
    • Variable explorer is your friend
  • From Dewey - programming language typically have ability to work with input, output, math, conditional execution, and repetition
  • Hilton and Bracy Seven Steps
  • Class work developing algorithm for program to determine if a number is prime

Labs

• Lab 1
  • Unix commands: pwd, cd, ls, mkdir, wget, tar, cp, latex, dvipdf, evince, xeyes
  • Other concepts: MobaXterm, XQuartz, ssh
  • Windows permissions were covered, but were only needed during this one lab.
  • Mounting CIFS drives was covered, but will not be needed for lab 1.
  • Three parts of lab:
    • Once only ever: creating EGR 103 folder, setting Windows permissions
    • Once per lab: creating lab1 folder, wget-ting files, tar expansion, duplicate lab skeleton
    • Doing work: changing to lab1 folder; using emacs, latex, dvipsd, and evince correctly
  • Work on lab every day - at least logging in, changing directories, using (emacs, latex, dvipdf, evince)
  • Work a little at a time to help with debugging