  INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS Tuesday, Jan. 20th, 2009 ASSUMED – Little to no experience with Unix and/or scientific computing GOAL – Establish a foundation to start working in a UNIX environment immediately, and provide the tools and knowledge to quickly gain proficiency. PHILOSOPHY – Provide breadth to (hopefully) illustrate the big picture and interconnection of the different topics covered. Provide the necessary depth in topics most relevant.  Instructor:  Matt Masarik, [email protected] Website:  http://www.atmos.colostate.edu/gradprog/programming Class Structure:  3:00-3:50 - Lecture 1  3:50-4:00 - Break  4:00-4:50 - Lecture 2  4:50-5:00 - Summary/Questions  5:00-5:30 - Office hours [optional] WEEK 1  Lec 1: Introduction to Unix  Lec 2: Programming Basics WEEK 2  General computing topics – hardware, precision, languages, scripting, programming tools (compiler, text editors, etc.), boolean logic WEEK 3  Introduction to CS – background, problem solving model, functions, algorithm design, good programming practices, debugging WEEK 4  Networks & related topics – background, hierarchy, tunneling, vpn, ssh, ftp, scp, http, html/css, security   Syllabus vs. Syllabus  Matlab, C  A word about speakers  Student background  Student requests BASIC PROGRAMMING • Data Structures • constant • scalar • array • exotic • Core Statements/Expressions • declaration/assignment • branches • loops • Operators (relational/logical)  DATA STRUCTURES Scalar Variables • integer: 3 • float, double: 3.9999 • character: ‘a’ • boolean: True, 1 • string: “jan202009” DATA STRUCTURES Constants • By definition do not (should not) change during execution of the program. • Example: Fortran – PARAMETER, any data type (int, float, char). • Example: Matlab – only predefined, pi = 3.14… • Matlab and the declaration global  DATA STRUCTURES Arrays • multi-dimensional • can be composed of any of the scalar variable types • comment on dimensions (Matlab vs. Fortran) DATA STRUCTURES Pointers • a variable that holds the ‘address’ of another variable (any type). It ‘points’ to the location of a variable. • can be ‘dereferrenced’, giving the value of the variable it points to • won’t discuss muchDATA STRUCTURES Exotic • see example: Linked List of Observation objects RELATIONAL OPERATORS • Less than • Less than or equal • Greater than • Greater than or equal • Equal • Not equal  LOGICAL OPERATORS • and • or • not • exclusive or (xor) STATEMENTS / EXPRESSIONS [See Matlab examples] Branches • if • case (not here) Loops • for • while • do while (not here) Assignment