CMSC104

hw01 - Careers in and Around Computer Programming

Start with the following at home:

• Read Non-Myths About Programming
• If you are a computer science major, tell me why you think you want a embark on a career in computer science. If you are any other major, tell me how you think you might be using computers in your future profession.
• Tell me one thing you found interesting or surprising in the article.

Next, do the homework assignment:

• Make cmsc104/hw01 your current working directory
  
  
• Start the editor and create the file
nano homework1.txt


• In the file, please tell me:
• Your name
• Your major
• One short paragraph stating something in the article that you found surprising or interesting


• Save the file
• Press Cntl-X
• Press Y
• Press Enter

Finally, submit the homework assignment:

• Make cmsc104/hw01 your current working directory


• Enter the following to make sure the project has been created by the instructor
submitproj cs104_grasso
You should see the following:
hw01 CMSC104 ... due Wed 02/01/2012


• Enter the following to submit the homework
submit cs104_grasso hw01 homework1.txt
You should see the following:
Submitting homework1.txt...OK


• Enter the following to verify that the homework file was successfully copied
submitls cs104_grasso hw01
You should see something likethe following:
drwxr-xr-x 2 cgrasso rpc 2048 Feb 1 13:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 59 cgrasso rpc 4096 Jan 23 16:57 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 cgrasso rpc 73 Feb 1 13:05 homework1.txt