Topics

		Topics	opencsf
13 Jan	W/1	Introductions, C vs C++, printf, scanf
15 Jan	F/1	Pointer basics, C strings and other arrays, Functions, pointers as out params	10.3, 10.4, 10.5
20 Jan	W/2	More work with C
22 Jan	F/2	Models and semantics, System architectures	Ch 1
25 Jan	M/3	Heap allocation in C, Memory and the kernel	10.6, 2.1
27 Jan	W/3	Files and directories in C (high-level), Kernel and system calls, Processes	2.2-2.4, 2.5
29 Jan	F/3	C function pointers, Events and signal handling	10.8, 2.7
01 Feb	M/4	Direct file I/O, File descriptors, stdin, stdout, Overview of IPC	3.1-3.2
03 Feb	W/4	Pipes and FIFO	3.3
05 Feb	F/4
08 Feb	M/5	Memory-mapped files	3.4
10 Feb	W/5	mmap, cont'd
12 Feb	F/5	POSIX vs System V, Message passing, Shared memory	3.5, 3.6, 3.7
15 Feb	M/6	Project design
17 Feb	W/6	Project design cont'd
19 Feb	F/6	Semaphores, take 1, Networking fundamentals	3.8, 4.1-4.3
22 Feb	M/7	Application layer protocols, HTTP	4.3, 4.5
24 Feb	W/7	DNS	4.6
26 Feb	F/7	TCP/IP socket programming	4.4 (except 4.4.4)
03 Mar	W/8	Transport layer	5.3 (except 5.3.1)
05 Mar	F/8	Internet layer (IP)	5.5
08 Mar	M/9	Transport layer security	5.4 (esp. 5.4.4-5)
10 Mar	W/9	Datagrams and UDP, NAT vs IPv6	4.4.4, 5.3.1
12 Mar	F/9	Lower networking layers	5.6, 5.7
15 Mar	M/10	Introduction to threads	6.1-6.4
17 Mar	W/10	Project design
19 Mar	F/10	Project design cont'd, Threads demo
22 Mar	M/11	Threads with arguments
24 Mar	W/11	Returning values from threads	6.5
26 Mar	F/11	Threads in other languages	6.6
29 Mar	M/12	The problem of synchronisation	7.1-7.2
31 Mar	W/12
05 Apr	M/13	Synchronisation with locks, Semaphores, take 2	7.3, 7.4
07 Apr	W/13	Other synchronisation abstractions, Deadlock
09 Apr	F/13	Classic sync problems
12 Apr	M/14	Project design
16 Apr	F/14
19 Apr	M/15
21 Apr	W/15
23 Apr	F/15
26 Apr	M/16