CSSE304 - Programming Language Concepts - Revision history

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2024-03-03T14:29:09Z

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	It is also important to note that 99% of the assignments are coding assignments using Racket, submitted via [https://www.gradescope.com/ Gradescope].		It is also important to note that 99% of the assignments are coding assignments using Racket, submitted via [https://www.gradescope.com/ Gradescope].

			The [https://github.com/RHIT-CSSE/csse304 course GitHub repository] is always available and maintained by Buffalo.
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	* Opening [https://code.visualstudio.com/ VSCode] and use its Git/GitHub features whenever code should be uploaded to GitHub		* Opening [https://code.visualstudio.com/ VSCode] and use its Git/GitHub features whenever code should be uploaded to GitHub
	* Using Git via command line to upload to GitHub		* Using Git via command line to upload to GitHub
	* Submit code to Gradescope and add teammates' names to the assignment, then have the teammates copy and paste the submitted code from Gradescope		* Submit code to Gradescope and add teammates' names to the assignment, then have the teammates copy and paste the submitted code from Gradescope.
			Please use Claude's old lecture videos as a resource during the later portion of the interpreter project (16/17/18 if numbers don't change). They basically give you a guide as to how to implement the features requested.

	'''Coding Assignments'''		'''Coding Assignments'''

	A great way to handle the assignments is to start working on them as soon as they are released. If any questions or roadblocks were to arise from the assignments, then the in-class lectures will likely answer most of the concern with the added bonus of coming to class prepared. Waiting until the last minute to do the assignments will introduce unnecessary headaches and make lecture contents more difficult to grasp.		A great way to handle the assignments is to start working on them as soon as they are released. If any questions or roadblocks were to arise from the assignments, then the in-class lectures will likely answer most of the concern with the added bonus of coming to class prepared. Waiting until the last minute to do the assignments will introduce unnecessary headaches and make lecture contents more difficult to grasp.

			== Unofficial Advice/Resources ==
			[https://www.reddit.com/r/rosehulman/comments/10xznoe/cs_plc_advice/ This] is a surprisingly useful reddit thread with advice from a few students and a professor.

			PLC also has a class Discord server linked [https://discord.gg/tAnrnfJ6Dv here.]

137.112.205.104: changed the section name "Homework Assignments" to "Coding Assignments"

2024-02-15T18:46:36Z

changed the section name "Homework Assignments" to "Coding Assignments"

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	* Submit code to Gradescope and add teammates' names to the assignment, then have the teammates copy and paste the submitted code from Gradescope		* Submit code to Gradescope and add teammates' names to the assignment, then have the teammates copy and paste the submitted code from Gradescope

	'''~~Homework~~ Assignments'''		'''Coding Assignments'''

	A great way to handle the assignments is to start working on them as soon as they are released. If any questions or roadblocks were to arise from the assignments, then the in-class lectures will likely answer most of the concern with the added bonus of coming to class prepared. Waiting until the last minute to do the assignments will introduce unnecessary headaches and make lecture contents more difficult to grasp.		A great way to handle the assignments is to start working on them as soon as they are released. If any questions or roadblocks were to arise from the assignments, then the in-class lectures will likely answer most of the concern with the added bonus of coming to class prepared. Waiting until the last minute to do the assignments will introduce unnecessary headaches and make lecture contents more difficult to grasp.

137.112.205.104: Updated interpreter project section and added homework assignments section.

2024-02-15T18:43:53Z

Updated interpreter project section and added homework assignments section.

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 ==Advice for Students Taking CSSE 304 (PLC)==
 ====Interpreter Project====
-The interpreter project, starting at week 4, is the first and last project, and thus the largest one. Students will be split into groups of 2 (or sometimes 3) via [https://www.catme.org/ CATME]. It is suggested to meet up with teammates at the earliest convenience once the CATME results are posted to familiarize with each other before diving into assignments. Once the interpreter project starts, individual assignments will slow down to a trinkle so that more time can be allocated to working on the interpreter. Due to this, assignment deadlines will decrease from daily to around twice a week. However, less deadlines do not mean less work to do, as the interpreter milestones may prove to be tedious and progressively more difficult. It is recommended to treat the milestones with as much seriousness, if not more, as the individual assignments.
+The interpreter project, starting at week 4, is the first and last project, and thus the largest one. Students will be split into groups of 2 (or sometimes 3) via [https://www.catme.org/ CATME]. It is suggested to meet up with teammates at the earliest convenience once the CATME results are posted to familiarize with each other before diving into assignments.

137.112.205.104: Added class description and interpreter project advice to PLC

2024-02-15T18:10:26Z

Added class description and interpreter project advice to PLC

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==Class Description==
Topics include syntax and semantics of programming languages. Grammars, parsing, data types, control flow, parameter passing, run-time storage management, binding times, functional programming and procedural abstraction, syntactic extensions, continuations, language design and evaluation. Students will explore several language features by writing an interpreter that implements them.

The first 4 weeks will mainly focus on teaching the semantics of [https://racket-lang.org/ Racket]. Racket is a descendant of [https://www.scheme.org/ Scheme], and therefore a dialect of the [[wikipedia:Lisp_(programming_language)|Lisp]] family of programming languages. The class will use [https://download.racket-lang.org/ DrRacket], the IDE that comes installed with Racket, as the default software to write Racket code. The main difficulty of learning this language will be getting used to the functional programming style. Strong programming skills may mitigate the learning curve.

It is also important to note that 99% of the assignments are coding assignments using Racket, submitted via [https://www.gradescope.com/ Gradescope].
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|Reading
|Yes (optional)
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|Homework
|Daily
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|Exams
|2 + 1 mini exam
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|Final Exam
|Yes
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|Final Project
|Yes
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|Flipped Classroom
|No
|}
==Advice for Students Taking CSSE 304 (PLC)==
====Interpreter Project====
The interpreter project, starting at week 4, is the first and last project, and thus the largest one. Students will be split into groups of 2 (or sometimes 3) via [https://www.catme.org/ CATME]. It is suggested to meet up with teammates at the earliest convenience once the CATME results are posted to familiarize with each other before diving into assignments. Once the interpreter project starts, individual assignments will slow down to a trinkle so that more time can be allocated to working on the interpreter. Due to this, assignment deadlines will decrease from daily to around twice a week. However, less deadlines do not mean less work to do, as the interpreter milestones may prove to be tedious and progressively more difficult. It is recommended to treat the milestones with as much seriousness, if not more, as the individual assignments.