CS 1704 Programming Assignment Submission Format Guidelines

Submit assignments to:  http://eags.cs.vt.edu:8080/curator/

• Programming Project Archive Format
• Programming Project Archive Contents
• Design Documentation
• Demonstrations

Some of the CS 1704 programming assignments must be submitted to the Curator in a compressed zip archive format. This requirement will apply to the later projects which will be demonstrated for the GTAs.  Students who are unfamiliar with working with zip archives are encouraged to work through the CS 1204 compression tutorial. Unix users will submit a standard gzip'd tar file.

Shareware utilities for creating and managing zip archives on Windows are readily available:

• PKZIP for Windows
• WinZip for Windows

The deliverables that the submitted archive file must contain will be listed in each project specification. Generally, this will  include (but is not limited to) the following:

• Specified design documentation (if any) in MS Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
• Source files (.cpp and .h).  Each .cpp and .h file must begin with a header comment block containing the following:
• name and e-mail address of programmer
• date of last modification of file
• MS Visual C++ .NET project files (.vcproj and .sln). (VC++ users: Do not submit unnecessary files, such as .ncb, .opt, .ilk, .obj, .pch, or .pdb files or anything contained in the debug or release subdirectories.  Those files are typically quite large and will waste considerable network and disk capacity.  If you do submit unnecessary large files, you may be penalized.)
• One sample set of input/output files you used in testing your implementation.
• The following Honor Code Pledge must be included in the header comment of your main source file.

//    On my honor:

//   

//    - I have not discussed the C++ language code in my program with

//      anyone other than my instructor or the teaching assistants

//      assigned to this course.

//   

//    - I have not used C++ language code obtained from another student,

//      or any other unauthorized source, either modified or unmodified. 

//   

//    - If any C++ language code or documentation used in my program

//      was obtained from another source, such as a text book or course

//      notes, that has been clearly noted with a proper citation in

//      the comments of my program.

//   

//    - I have not designed this program in such a way as to defeat or

//      interfere with the normal operation of the Curator System.

//

//    <Student's Name>

Any design documentation required will be mentioned specifically in the particular assignment. Be sure to check the assignments web page.

Some programming assignments may require you to demonstrate your program to one of the CS 1704 TAs during a scheduled demo time. Be sure to schedule your demo with your assigned TA, and to keep the appointment.  Arrive a few minutes early.