Niall's coding snippets

Homework

Note: The classes are listed in the order I took them, since I consider the time progression vs. coding more important than alphanumerical sorted classnames.

CSE1317 -- C programming

This class wasn't taken at my current school. I included it just for grins as it was my very first programming class that didn't deal with BASIC :)

CS424 -- Object oriented programming w/ C++

1. Fraction stuff - Our first object-oriented creation.
2. String class - Your standard Stroustrup copy.
3. Shape class - A class excercise to draw shapes on a text screen.

CS448 -- Systems Programming

1. Unbuffered I/O performance - The only project that I actually managed to make a nice web page about.

CS337 -- Data structures

Since I had taken a C++ class before taking this class, I decided it would be cool to use my experience with C++ to create templates, instead of creating the usual hardcoded specific type functions and such. Since the assignment requirements were to implement a particular data structure (array, linked list, etc.) with a specific information structure, I used my general-purpose template with my information structure. I really learned to appreciate C++'s OOP capabilities during this class. Unfortunately, trying to do everything as a template proved to be my undoing as I missed a couple of deadlines.

1. Array Template - An array template.
2. SLList Template - Non-intrusive singly linked list template.

CS346 -- Computer software systems

1. An IBM 4300 virtual machine - an IBM 4300 processor emulator (kinda). Using a subset of the actual processor's instruction set, it will execute the code supplied in a binary file.

COSC3436 -- Introduction to Database Management Systems

An interesting class. We did a lot of work with interactive SQL (using the Oracle 7 database) and a little bit on forms, but sadly, no embedded SQL. Oh well.

1. Lab 1 - Introduction to Unix and Oracle.
2. Lab 3 - Creating the "Cars" Database with Oracle.
3. Lab 4 - Using Oracle SQL*Plus, Part III.
4. Lab 5a - Excercise 2.5 requests, a-i.
5. Lab 5b - Excercise 2.5 requests, j-t.
6. Lab 6 - More SQL with Oracle SQL*Plus.
7. Lab 7 - Still More SQL with Oracle SQL*Plus.
8. Lab 9 - Multi-user Considerations (GRANT, REVOKE, and SYNONYMS) and VIEWS.
9. Lab 10 - Introduction to Oracle Forms, Version 4.

COSC5334 -- Algorithms

I finally experienced my first graduate-level class (as an undergraduate, though) and enjoyed it immensely. I learned more about order of growth and why theta of n-factorial is a bad thing.

Other schtuff

Java -- Java applets

I have played around a bit with Sun's Java programming language, and decided to put some of the small applets that I have written up here with the rest of my code.

• ColorTest - My response to a fellow student's question about creating (grey) colors under Java.
• DragTest - Drag a little box around an applet using the mouse.
• FunkyMath - A mathematical expression evaluator that allows overloaded operators and order of precedence modification.
• GetProperties - Read all the system property responses from a Java browser.
• Prime - A graphical prime number-finding applet.
• TextFieldExample - What's the difference between a TextEvent and an ActionEvent?