Helpful Resources

If you see problems with any local page, email the instructor with details. Include the URL of the page with problems.

If an external page contradicts a point made on a local page, follow the local page. If you think the external page has a better idea, email the instructor.

If you find an external page that you like better than the links below, email the instructor.

Programming help

• C++:
  • Setup instructions for C++ compiling
  • Local notes on C++ programming topics
  • Notes on the Standard C++ Library
  • Notes on C++ unit testing
  • Major C++ programming style pointers
  • The EECS 311 Coding Standard
  • C++ Library Reference -- an excellent online reference to the C++ (and C) standard libraries.
  • SGI STL reference (Good reference, but watch out for non-standard, SGI structures such as slist)
  • gcc
  • C++ Tutorial
    
    
  • Object-Oriented Programming Tutorial by Peter Müller
• UNIX:
  • Quick reference (local)
  • Tutorial
    
    
• Makefiles:
  • make Tutorial
    
    
• Editors:
  • vi
  • Pico
  • Emacs
    
    
• Tools for working remotely:
  • SSH
  • X-Win32

Reference Texts

• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
• Learning the Unix OS by Jerry Peek.
• Programming With Gnu Software by Mike Loukides.

Viewing postscript and pdf files

• To view pdf files download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
• To view postscript files download and install GSView 4.8 and Ghostscript 8.53 from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/.