600.226 Data Structures
Fall 2011

• Review sessions for the final will be held on Monday 12/5 at 4:30 in Shaffer 303, and on Tuesday 12/6 at 4:30 in Shaffer 301. A review summary sheet is provided below.
• MIDTERM on Thursday, 10/13. Review sessions Tuesday 11/11 at 4:30 in Shaffer 301 (regular Monday review time) and Wednesday 11/12 at 8p in Shaffer 100. The format will be very similar to your written assignments.
• If you do not already have a CS departmental unix account, please submit a completed account request form to Joanne. Then remember to see Steve, with your J-card, in NEB 226 to get CS Lab access. Check the door for his office hours.

Resources:

• Lecture Slides
• Joanne's Review Cheat Sheet for the final can be found here.
• You might find the website algoviz.org helpful because it contains a vast collection of visualizations for various data structures and algorithms.
• Check out these pages for help on learning and using unix: CS undergrad/class accounts, Unix Overview, and a reference card.
• Help learning and using the emacs editor (for unix): reference card, beginner's tutorial, GNU Emacs tutorial, GNU Emacs reference card
• Help learning and using the vi editor (for unix): Tutorial, reference card
• Textbook web page: Check the errata section in particular for corrections to text and exercises.
• Java SDK downloads: choose the most recent version of the J2SE/JDK. You don't need NetBeans or JSEE for this course. Install this before you install jGRASP.
• Java SDK downloads for Macs: Macs come with a version of the JDK, but you might want to update. Note that you need Mac OS X 10.4.* in order to get Java 5 which has significant improvements over older versions and contains things we will use in class.
• Eclipse website -- install the Java compiler first (see above).
• jGRASP website -- install the Java compiler first (see above).
• Java API -- description of classes and methods
• Code examples from Intro Programming in Java (600.107) - look in the sub-directories for examples of each topic.