Software Engineering 1: Laboratory Exercises

Barry McMullin

Last Modified: 30th April 1996

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• Introduction
• General Comments on Lab Work
• Session 1: Week 1/2
• Session 2: Week 3/4/5
  • Background
  • Managing Text: Using PFE
  • Managing Files: Using File Manager
  • Managing email: Using Eudora Light
• Session 3: Week 6/7: Introducing C
  • Preparation
  • Background
  • Exercise 1: Hello World! (60%)
  • Exercise 2: Branching out! (40%)
  • Conclusion
• Session 4: Week 8/9: Quiz Time
  • Introduction
  • Exercise 1: Correction (60%)
  • Exercise 2: Enhancement (40%)
• Session 5: Week 10/11: Ever Decreasing Circles...
  • Introduction
  • Exercise 1: Correction (50%)
  • Exercise 2: Enhancement (50%)
• Session 6: Week 12/13: Lab Examination 1
• Session 7: Week 14/15: Functional Decomposition
  • Introduction
  • Exercise 1: The sin() Function (20%)
  • Exercise 2: Angle Conversion (20%)
  • Exercise 3: Function Definition (20%)
  • Exercise 4: Refinement (20%)
  • Exercise 5: Finale (20%)
  • Hints
• Session 8: Week 16/17: Projectiles
  • Problem Specification
  • Hints
• Session 9: Week 18/19: Encryption
  • Exercise 1: The Caesar Cipher (50%)
  • Exercise 2: Crytanalysis (20%)
  • Exercise 3: The Vigenère Cipher (30%)
• Session 10: Week 20/21: Letter Frequencies
  • Exercise 1: Counting A! (30%)
  • Exercise 2: More Counting... (30%)
  • Exercise 3: Statistics (20%)
  • Exercise 4: Plotting a Histogram (20%)
• Session 11: Week 22/23: Simulating an RC Circuit
  • Exercise 1: Basic Simulation Program (60%)
  • Exercise 2: Enhanced Simulation Program (40%)
• Session 12: Week 24/25: Exploring Pointers
• Copyright
• Listing 1: mquiz0.c
• Listing 2: circle0.c
• Listing 3: ptr0.c
• Listing 4: ptr1.c
• Listing 4: ptr_net.c