PHY 504

Spring 2024

Intro & Logistics

Getting Started
Topics
Computation
Hello, World

The UNIX Shell

Why Use the Command Line?
Navigating the Filesystem
Create Files and Directories
Redirection and Pipes

Git and Version Control

Version Control
Dotfiles and the Mathlab
A Git Walkthrough
Git Branches
Git Remotes
github
Pull Requests

Shell Scripting

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

Introduction to Programming

C++ Textbook
Computer Hardware
Software Development Tools
Structure of a C++ Program
Helpful C++ Tools / Resources
Compiling
Editors
A First C++ Project

C++ Basics

C++ Datatypes
Vectors
More Vectors
Example: Matrix
Aside: Sequence Containers
Strings
auto and decltype
Structures
Arrays
References
Pointers
Loops and If-Tests
Maps
File I/O

Functions

Functions
More Functions
Example: Planetary Orbit
In Class: 2nd Order Runge-Kutta Orbit
Lambda Functions
Example: Sorting Planets

Elements of Software Engineering

Making the Compiler Do the Work
Working with Multiple Files
Makefiles
In-Class Example: Splitting Up Our Orbit Code

Classes

Introduction to Classes
Object-Oriented Design
In-Class Example: A Simple Grid
Example: Mathematical Vectors
In-Class Example: Orbit Integrator Class
Example: Multidimensional Contiguous Array

Some Random Bits...

Preview: C++23 mdspan
Preview: C++23 enumerate and zip
enum
Casting
I/O Manipulators
Preview: C++23 Print
Filesystem Library
Operators
Floating Point
Floating Point Exceptions

Testing

Testing
Unit Testing
Continuous integration and github
Convergence Testing
Valgrind
Debugging
clang-tidy

Digging Deeper into C++ Classes

Inheritance and Access
this
Copy, Assignment, and Destructors
Compound Assignment Operators
In-Class Example: Orbit Integrator Compound Operators
Move Semantics
Allocating Memory
Example: A Simple Container

Documenting Code

HTML + CSS
Github Pages
Doxygen
Sphinx
Sphinx + Doxygen

Templates

Templates
Example: Templated Array
More On Templates
constexpr
Function Objects

Some Numerical Algorithms

Root Finding
Monte Carlo Methods
Adaptive Runge-Kutta
Poisson Equation and Relaxation

Parallel Programming

Introduction to Parallel Programming
OpenMP
OpenMP Poisson Relaxation
OpenMP Monte Carlo \(\pi\)
MPI
MPI Send and Receive

To Be Continued...

Stuff We Didn’t Cover
Coming in C++20
Coming in C++23
Some C++ programming terms

Homework

Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6
Homework 7

Project

Final Project

PHY 504

Final Project
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Final Project

Details of your final project are posted online: https://github.com/zingale/phy504/blob/main/projects.md

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