Computer Science 51: References

CS51: Abstraction and Design in Computer Programming

CS51 References and Resources

Abelson and Sussman, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
SICP is our textbook for the Scheme portion of the course and is available online.
Lippman, Essential C++ and
These are textbooks for the C++ portion of the class

Outside the SC: Windows, Outside the SC: Mac OSX, Outside the SC: Linux, dot-emacs-file
If you want to work from home, click on the appropriate setup guide from above. We've borrowed it from CS 50 (thanks, CS 50!), and we recommend you follow it exactly. Also, we recommend that you use the dot-emacs file linked above.
Emacs for Programmers [PDF]
Emacs isn't just notepad that requires complicated keystrokes to do anything. Read this guide to learn how to take full advantage of Emacs.
Bulletin Board Guidelines [PDF]
Ask questions on the Bulletin Board, but make sure you follow these guidelines!
All I Really Need to Know About Pair Programming I Learned in Kindergarten
You'll be working in pairs a lot this semester; this guy should help you do it right.

CS 51 Style Guide
A must read...
Design Documents
How to write a design doc! This also contains a sample design doc, which may be helpful to read before you write one.
Scheme Reference!
The Scheme Reference, R5RS, tells you what's in Scheme. It is an excellent place to find out what functions are already defined in Scheme.
C++ Template Reference
This is a reference to the Standard Template Library (STL) written by the SGI company. STL is a C++ library of container classes, algorithms, and iterators; it provides many of the basic algorithms and data structures but for "generic" structures. This is a very useful reference when we begin using templates in class.