GENERAL PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES:

• Assignments will be distributed in class and posted on the class web page. Current homework assignments are listed above on this page. Read the text and stay a bit ahead of the lecture. Material from the reading part of an assignment may appear on midterms and finals. Approximately nine programming projects will be assigned over the course of the quarter. Each project will require you to write a program in Java to solve a specific problem.
• All programming projects must be submitted electronically, by placing your files in the "SUBMIT" folder in your account. Be sure to give your files the EXACT name required (remember that case counts). Computer programs must be submitted by the specified time on the due date. No homework will be accepted by e-mail to the TA or to the instructor. No late projects will be accepted.
  Leave the homework files in your "SUBMIT" folder for the rest of the course, even after they have been collected and graded. You may be able to submit files remotely with ftp, but it is best to make sure your submission works in the Lab before you submit. If you wish, you may overwrite a previous submission with a new version at any time before the due time on the due date. Please do not store any files in your submit directory other than those that are to be or have been collected. To confirm that you have submitted correctly, run the checksubmit program. This check generally requires a trip to the PIC Lab. Your homework scores will bo posted in your gradebook on "my.ucla" web site along with any other feedback from the Reader. Please, check your gradebook on "my.ucla" web site each week to verify your grades. This is very important, it is the only way to know for sure that you actually received credit for your assignment.
• Each program you submit MUST begin with the following header:
  /*
Your name
Your Student ID
Your e-mail address
I certify that the following represents my own independent work and
conforms with the guidelines of academic honesty described in the
course syllabus.
*/
Any homework submitted without this header will not be graded, and you will receive zero credit for it.
• Your code should be as easy to read as possible. Use indentation carefully and consistently to delineate levels of nesting. Disjoint blocks should be well separated by concise and informative comments. This will be worth at least 1 point of every assignment. Although you are allowed a fair amount of choice in style, please try to conform to the conventions used in lecture and in the text.
• You may use the PIC Computer Laboratory in Boelter Hall 2817 to work on your programming assignments. Use the Java 2 SDK (version 1.3) and/or Forte4Java IDE for your projects in this class. These Java^™ Platform development tools are installed on all PC's in the PIC Lab in the following locations:
  • C:\java\jdk131\bin
  • C:\java\forte4j\bin\runide_multiuser.exe
  If you have your own computer and would like to work at home, you can use your favorite java development environment. However, you must still submit your program to your UCLA class account. To do this, bring a floppy disk containing your program to the lab and copy your files to your class account. Always compile and test your programs on the lab machines before submission.
• Start working on programming assignments early. Do not wait until the last minute to submit your work, as the lab may be full near critical time. Deadlines for homework are strictly enforced.
• You are encouraged to discuss aspects of the course with other students, and you may discuss the homework assignments in general terms with others. You may also get help from the TA or the instructor in writing your programs. However, the general rules of academic honesty apply to all homework: each homework assignment must represent your own, independent work. In particular, you may not copy any part of a program written by someone else without citing the reference carefully.
• If you have a question on the way a homework was graded, you must contact the instructor within one week of its return. No e-mail request for regrades will be accepted, you must contact the instructor in person.
• Your programming will improve with practice. After finishing an assignment, do not be afraid to experiment with your own programs.