Welcome to the CS106A web site for Autumn 2009-10!

Important course information will be posted on this web page and announced in class. You are responsible for all material that appears here and should check this page for updates frequently.

Videos of class lectures can be found here. Stanford SUNet ID required for login. Scroll down to the link for CS106A.

• Mehran will be out of town on Thursday (Nov 12th), so he will not be holding office hours that day.

• Graded midterms were passed back after class on Monday, November 2nd. If you did not get your midterm in class, you can get it from your section leader in section this week.
• Midterms for SCPD students have been sent back via the SCPD courier and should get to you soon.
• Statistics for the midterm (out of 120 points) are:
  • Max: 119 (3 people scored this)
  • Mean: 80.14
  • Median: 80.5
  • Standard Deviation: 21.5
  
  A histogram of the midterm scores is available here.
• All midterm regrade requests should be submitted to the head TA, Sarah Spikes, by Wednesday, November 11th. In your regrade request you should note the specific issue you are requesting the regrade for. Note that we reserve the right to regrade the entire exam in order to make sure that there are no other grading issues.

• There is no class lecture on Friday (Oct. 30th), so you have a day off to get some rest after the midterm.

• The CS106A Midterm is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th from 7pm-9pm. The exam is open book/notes, but closed computer. The location you should take the midterm depends on the first letter of your last name:
  • Last name starting with A-J, take midterm in: Cubberley Aud.
  • Last name starting with K-Z, take midterm in: Hewlett 200
• A Midterm review session is scheduled on Sunday (Oct. 25th) from 2-4pm in Hewlett 200. Unfortunately, the review session will not be recorded/televised, but the review materials will be made available on the class web site shortly after the review.
• If you have an unmovable academic conflict with the CS106A midterm, send Mehran email by 5pm on Wednesday, October 21st. In the email, list all the times during the week of Oct. 26th to Nov. 1st that you would be available to take an alternate exam.
• Assignment #4 (Hangman) went out in class on Wednesday (Oct 21st) and is due on Monday, November 2nd. The starter files for the assignment are available on the Assignments web page.

• The slides used in class as well as code examples are now available on the Slides web page. There is also a link to that page on the navigation bar on the left-hand side of this page.
• Assignment #3 (Breakout!) went out in class on Monday and is due on Wednesday, October 21st. The starter files for the assignment as well as an on-line demo of the game are available on the Assignments web page.
• The Javadoc for the ACM packages is available here.

• The SCPD section is scheduled for Friday at 10am in Skilling 191. If you are an SCPD student, you are automatically enrolled in that section (no need to sign-up). You are welcome to either watch the section on-line on come to campus.
• Welcome to CS106A! The first class will meet Monday, September 21st in Terman Auditorium at 3:15pm. See you there!
• The class meets MWF at 3:15pm in Terman Auditorium.
• You will also be required to attend a weekly 50-minute discussion section. Sign-ups for section will be open from 5pm Thursday (Sept. 24th) to 5pm Sunday (Sept. 27th). Don't forget to sign up.