CS4414: Recitations (Labs)

CS4414 has a required weekly recitation focused on practical C++ and Linux skills and the homework assignments.
The recitation is in-person at Uris G01, Friday 2:55 - 4:10PM. Alicia leads the recitations.
The demos used in recitations are available on a github repository
To make recitations more interactive, we use pollev https://pollev.com/cs4414c552 (The responses will not be used for attendance or grading)

Date	Topic	Slides, Notes	Remarks, chapter references, additional recommended readings (if any). BO: Bryant and O'Hallaron. BS: Bjarne Stroustrup.
1. Aug 30	Introduction to recitations, C++ environment, C++ Primitive types	slides-pdf	Provides an overview of the recitaion, and provides instructions to set up VSCode with a remote linux machine; Introduction to C++ primitive types
2. Sep 06	C++ Derived types and user-defined class	slides-pdf	Introduce C++ derived types: pointer, reference, array, function, and user-defined C++ class.
3. Sep 13	C++ Memory and smart pointers	slides-pdf	Demonstrate how C++ programs manage memory segments, with focus on stack and heap; introduce smart pointers.
4. Sep 20	More on smart pointers and introduction to container	slides-pdf	Applying smart pointers in programs (functions and classes). Introduction to container from C++ standard library, with focus on std::array and std::vector.
5. Sep 27	More on C++ classes and containers	slides-pdf	Demystifying classes constructors, operators, and how they apply in C++ standard library.
6. Oct 04	C++ Class Inheritance and templates	slides-pdf	Introducing C++ class inheritance and function overloading; elaborating the concepts on templates from lecture10, with more examples .
7. Oct 11	Prelim1 questions review	slides-pdf	Review concepts from prelim1, with focus on file system structure, memory access, SIMD, container.