1: Course Schedule
|Day|Instructor|Topic/Notes; Learning Perl assigned|
|M 13|all|Introductions; course mechanics (handout); course overview; getting and running Perl; resources|
|T 14|TC|basic syntax: expressions, statements, basic loops|
|R 16|AD|collections (lists/arrays, hashes); loops on collections|
|F 17|NL|basic text file I/O (ARGV); file tests, directory access (globbing)|
|M 20|TC|procedures/subroutines/functions: using and writing (DRY)|
|T 21|AD|advanced data structures (e.g., references)|
|R 23|NL|regular expressions — syntax|
|F 24|NL|regular expressions — usage|
|M 27|AD|automatically available functions|
|T 28|NL|libraries/modules in standard distro (command-line options); finding other modules; rolling your own|
|R 30|TC|system processes|
|F 31|AD|object-oriented scripting|
|M 3|NL|error handling: print statements, error/exception handling, debugger|
|T 4|TC|unit testing; inline documentation|
|R 6|TC|web applications|
|F 7|AD|student-voted problem solution or two|

1:Daily Format
1::turn in homework [0]
1::announcements [0–1]
1::brief homework solution [4–5]
1::daily topic [30]
1::new homework [5]
1::questions/discussion [5]

1:Mechanics
1::Homework/Attendance/Grading
*:::Homework is handed out each day but last
*:::Homework is ONLY accepted at the start of class on the due date.
*:::Each homework assignment is worth 2 pts. for a reasonable attempt, 1 pt. for something that was turned in but doesn't look like real effort (our judgment call!), 0 pts. for no homework. Thus, max = 30 pts.
*:::Need 20 pts. to get credit

1:Office Hours

1:Contact Info