AP Exam Preparation

• Exam Preparation Notes for COMS W3157 Advanced Programming (AP)

• It’s important to have a good grasp of the syntax of Shell scripting.

  • Take enough time to thoroughly understand it and try to memorize as much as possible before the exam.
  • The TA’s resources could be helpful as well.
  • Review the sample code covered in class to ensure you understand what it’s doing.

• The same applies to Makefile.

• Things I don’t understand about bash:

  • When to use quotation marks and when not to.
  • When to include spaces and when not to.
    • Note that variable declarations do not require spaces.

• https://github.com/cs3157-borowski/recitations#readme

  • Looks useful (blu3mo)

Here are some useful resources to read:

• https://edstem.org/us/courses/34469/discussion/2535442

Note that C does not have a boolean type. Do NOT write “true” or “false”. YOU WILL LOSE POINTS IF YOU DO. Write 1 for true and 0 for false.