The final questionnaire is out. Individual responses are anonymous, but we can tell who has or has not filled it out. You will not recieve a grade for the course if you do not fill out this survey! To run the survey, in the Sunlab (or remotely while running an X server), run /course/cs138/bin/finalQuest. Please do not quit the browser without filling out the survey!

Announcements regarding the final, material for which you are responsible, suggested review problems, and a likely topic distribution have all been posted to the newsgroup - be sure to read it before the final!

A PDF document has been created with all the slides from class that you will be directly responsible for on the final exam. You can find it 1 per page here, or 2 per page here.

As was announced in class today, Ugur is going to hold a review session on Monday, May 12th in CIT 219 (where class is held) at 1pm (regular class time.) right before the final, which is on May 14th in CIT165 at 9am.

A new version of the Web handout is available on the webpage. It clarifies a few things, most importantly about required error handling and the requirements with respect to search and querying.

The Web handout is now out on the projects page. Note the helpsession location change to CIT219 (Wednesday April 16th, 8:00pm) and that is now due on April 28th as opposed to the 25th.

Homework 3 is now up off the homework page.

Rep interactive grading will begin soon - your grader will be getting in contact with you shortly via your cs email. Make sure to check your email regularly in the next few days so you do not accidentally miss this email!

The fourth assignment, Proxy, is now available on the Projects page.

The midterm questionnaire is out. Individual responses are anonymous, but we can tell who has or has not filled it out. You will not recieve a grade for Rep after your grading if you do not fill out this survey! To run the survey, in the Sunlab (or remotely while running an X server), run /course/cs138/bin/midtermQuest. Please do not quit the browser without filling out the survey!

The midterm solutions have been posted here.

Minor calculations will be required on the midterm. You are free to bring a calculator if you wish to use one, although no calculation you should have to perform will actually require one.

A detailed list of sections of material for which you will be responsible for on the midterm, as well as a suggested list of problems to look at for review, has been posted to the newsgroup.

The slides covering all material that could be on the upcoming midterm are available here.

Homework 2 is now available.

The Rep handout has been updated with a few clarifications - see the newsgroup for a summary.

A reminder that the help session for rep is tonight, the 24th, at 8pm in CIT 165. It's question-based, so come with questions.

There was a typo on the homework - Homework 1 is due on Wednesday, February 26th, not the 24th.

Homework 1 has been posted on the homework page.

The second assignment, SDDB, has been posted on the assignments page. The help session will be 8pm, Wednesday 2/5 in CIT 165, and will be Q+A based - come with questions! Also, a post regarding general policy for the newsgroup versus mailing the staff versus TA hours has been made to the newsgroup - be sure to read it.

IMPORTANT! The comm handout has been modified in a number of places to hopefully make the assignment a bit clearer. The main sections to look at again are Sections 2, 3, 4, and 6. There was also a minor tweak to the assignment itself: the comm package should now handle decrementing a packet's TTL field and discarding the packet when the TTL goes below zero, not the ring server. Since this was a late addition, either implementation will be accepted, although this method is preferred.

Thanks for your patience with us. If you are still confused, please don't hesitate to email the tas or stop by ta hours. Any suggestions on how to further improve the handout would be appreciated as well!

FYI, there is a CS town meeting this Thursday, January 30, at 4:30pm in the 4th floor atrium. The meeting will talk about fulltime and internship job info, research opportunities, department news, and trying to restart the Department Undergraduate Group (dug). If any of this interests you, please attend!

As was announced in class today, the help session tonight at 8pm will be in CIT 219, where class is held, as opposed to CIT 165. The approximate schedule is:

8 - 8:30 --- Threading Concepts
8:30 - 9 --- Java Threading Syntax
9 - 9:30 --- Networking (in Java)
9:30 - ? --- Comm Q+A

The first assignment, Comm, has been posted on the assignments page. The help session will be 8pm, Monday 1/27 in CIT 165 and will also cover threading and networking in Java. As far as the assignment itself goes, the help session will be Q+A based, so come with questions!

Slides summarizing the book have been posted on the links page as a zip file containing each chapter as a PowerPoint file.

Lectures slides from the first day have been posted on the lectures page. We've also posted the reading assignment for tomorrow's class. In the future we'll assign reading as far in advance as possible. Sorry for the short notice on this one.

For those of you who missed class today, the first assignment will go out on Friday, and there will be a help session Monday night that will first cover threading, then networking, and then the assignment itself. TA Hours will begin on Monday. If you didn't turn in a collaboration policy, please bring one to class or to TA Hours. We'll have some extra copies in class on Friday, or you can print the online version. A correction from class: the first assignment is due Monday, 2/3.

Welcome to CS138! Our first class will be Wednesday, January 22 from 1-1:50PM in CIT 219. We'll also be adding more information to each section of this site throughout the week. Keep in mind, however, that all information is tentative. If you have any questions about the course, feel free to email your friendly cs138tas.