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PHY 277

Intro & Logistics

Topics
Getting Started
Using your own computer
Computation
Hello, World
What About AI?

The UNIX Shell

Why Use the Command Line?
The Shell
Some Sample Data
Navigating the Filesystem
Create Files and Directories
Redirection and Pipes

Shell Scripting

Looping on the Command Line
Shell Scripts
File Permissions
Search Path
Find and Grep

Introduction to Programming

Computer Hardware
Software Development Tools
Preparing portal / portal2
Structure of a C++ Program
Helpful C++ Tools / Resources
Compiling
A First C++ Project

Editors

Different Editors
emacs
Configuring emacs

C++ Basic Datatypes

C++ Fundamental Datatypes
Floating Point
std::numbers
Numerical Library

C++ Strings and I/O

Strings
Indexing Strings
Formatting output
Reading Input
Format Library

C++ Advanced Types

Vectors
More Vectors
Vector Algorithms
Working with Strings
Example: Matrix
auto and decltype
Structures
Arrays
References
Pointers

C++ Flow Control

Statement Blocks
Conditional Statements
Loops
continue and break
File I/O

C++ Functions

Functions
Passing by Value vs. Reference
SL Algorithms
More Functions
Example: Planetary Orbit
In Class: 2nd Order Runge-Kutta Orbit
Lambda Functions
Example: Sorting Planets

Repository
Open issue

Index

By Michael Zingale

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