Announcements

The announcements below include the most up-to-date course information, including changes to grading policy, updated TA hours, and links to the most recent daily quiz, lecture videos, and more.


November 22, 2012 - Thursday

3:09 AM

There was a problem uploading yesterday's lecture video to Youtube. Check back for the Youtube link; you can still download the lecture directly here. There was no quiz or screen notes from yesterday. Have a great Thanksgiving, and enjoy the break!


November 19, 2012 - Monday

10:43 PM

Apologies for the delay in posting today's videos. Today's lecture and screen notes are available. There is no quiz from today, due to Thanksgiving break. In addition, there will be no TA hours from Wednesday to Sunday due to the break.


November 16, 2012 - Friday

5:40 PM

Today's quiz and lecture video are now available. No screen notes, but there is lecture code available.


November 14, 2012 - Wednesday

3:00 PM

Today's quiz and screen notes are now available. Lecture videos available shortly. If you did not get the link for the previous quiz, it is available here.


November 9, 2012 - Friday

7:12 PM

Today's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available.


November 7, 2012 - Wednesday

6:38 PM

Today's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available.


November 5, 2012 - Monday

5:41 PM

Today's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available.


November 2, 2012 - Friday

6:53 PM

Today's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available.


October 31, 2012 - Wednesday

6:24 PM

Today's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available. Check back shortly for the medium quality video download.


October 27, 2012 - Saturday

7:47 PM

Yesterday's lecture video, quiz, and screen notes are now available. We apologize for the delay.


October 24, 2012 - Wednesday

8:23 PM

This upcoming Sunday, October 28, pk will not hold hours - vjsingh will be holding hours instead, from 5 - 7 PM. pk will hold vjsingh's normal hours next Monday, the 29th.

6:19 PM

The screen notes, quiz, and lecture video are now available.


October 23, 2012 - Tuesday

9:15 PM

Design checks will occur next week from Monday to Thursday, 2 - 6 PM each day. Please sign up on Doodle, and in the name field, put the CS login of exactly one person in your group. Please bring a copy of your core language and implementation so far and be prepared to discuss your design. One final note - let the TAs know as soon as possible if you do not have a partner yet and are looking for one.


October 22, 2012 - Monday

6:22 PM

Today's lecture video and quiz are now available. There are screen notes from today. Also, Brown students, please remember that you need to let us know your group for Python by 11:59 PM tonight. Thanks!


October 19, 2012 - Friday

5:44 PM

Today's lecture video is now available. There are no quiz and screen notes from today.


October 17, 2012 - Wednesday

6:07 PM

Today's lecture video is now available. There are no quiz and screen notes from today. Also, the new written assignment (continuations) is out. One other note if you're a Brown student; please don't forget to email the TAs your groups for Python (or just your own login if you're working solo) no later than next Monday.


October 15, 2012 - Monday

4:53 PM

The lecture video and quiz are now available. Also, senewman has shifted his hours from today, 6-8 PM to tomorrow, 8-10 PM. See the update on the staff page.


October 12, 2012 - Friday

4:10 PM

Today's lecture video is now available. The daily quiz is also available.


October 10, 2012 - Wednesday

5:49 PM

Firstly, today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available. Secondly, we wanted to address some concerns about written feedback for the project assignments. We won't give individual feedback on code style by default, since everyone can submit assignments as many times as he or she wants. If you would like more thorough comments about your design or style, please come to TA hours, and the TAs will be glad to go over it with you.


October 8, 2012 - Monday

4:11 PM

vjsingh and senewman will not be holding hours tonight due to fall break (senewman will hold make up hours on Saturday from 6-8 PM). In addition, please make sure that you turn in solutions to the next written assignment in separate text files named n.txt, where n is the problem number. See you on Wednesday!


October 5, 2012 - Friday

4:39 PM

Today's screen notes and lecture video are now available. There is no quiz today.


October 3, 2012 - Wednesday

5:04 PM

Today's screen notes and lecture video are now available. There is no quiz today.


October 1, 2012 - Monday

4:28 PM

Today's screen notes and lecture video are now available (check back soon for the YouTube video). There is no quiz today.


September 28, 2012 - Friday

4:59 PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available! In addition, the new assignment, ParselCore, is out.


September 26, 2012 - Wednesday

3:47 PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available!


September 25, 2012 - Tuesday

9:13 PM

The gradecap and late policies have been updated in order to clear up questions about final grades and late assignments. Please familiarize yourself with them, as you will be responsible for knowing them for future assignments. Thanks!


September 24, 2012 - Monday

11:57 PM

The ParselDesugar debian binary is now on the Brown CS Department filesystem. This should make running the binary easier and reduce your quota usage. To create a symbolic link to the binary, run

    $ ln -s /course/cs173/web/2012/Assignments/ParselDesugar/bin/debian-dist/bin/assignment3-debian \
        my-assignment3-link

We hope this helps.

3:31 PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available! Please check back shortly for the YouTube link.


September 23, 2012 - Sunday

12:16 AM

pk and jmkagan are switching Sunday and Tuesday hours this week. See the staff page for updated weekly hours.


September 21, 2012 - Friday

3:50 PM

The next assignment, ParselDesugar, is out. Please read the instructions, and get started early.

3:41 PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available!


September 19, 2012 - Wednesday

5:35PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available!


September 18, 2012 - Tuesday

3:22PM

pk and senewman will permanently be switching Sunday and Monday hours (senewman's Wednesday hours will remain the same). The staff page has been updated to reflect the changes. Thanks!


September 17, 2012 - Monday

4:47PM

Today's quiz, screen notes, and lecture video are now available!