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Quick Link
This page will serve as a hub for all OOP344 students to create wiki pages related to the course for the purpose of aiding their fellow students. Got a handy trick that makes programming easier? Feel free to build a page about it and link it here for all your classmates to use!
Standards
To add a new page, simply put a link at the top of the page and a section below with a link and short description of what the page is about. Simple enough?
Webpages
https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp300 <-- the degree version of oop344. Good for an indepth look at the material. Includes Workshops and Walkthroughs
https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~fardad.soleimanloo/oop344/notes/ <-- Notes only up to Oct 28, 2009. Includes past tests
svn://zenit.senecac.on.ca/oop344 <-- Up to Date Notes shown in all lectures
TortoiseSVN in 5 easy steps
Tortoise in 5
This page is dedicated to those poor souls that have to use SVN but don't have time to read through chapter upon chapter about it just to be able to participate in assignment 2.
RabbitVCS
RabbitVCS
RabbitVCS is a Linux alternative to TortoiseSVN. This page will help describe how to install and use RabbitVCS.
Creating Projects in Visual Studio for Console Applications
Visual Studio is available for download from ACS
To create a new project for console applications:
- From the File menu, select New > Project
- Select Project Type as Visual C++ > Win32
- Select template Win32 Console Application
- Assign project name and choose local directory
- Uncheck the box Create directory for solution
- In the wizard, click on Application Settings
- Application type of Console application should be selected
- Check the box beside Empty project
In "Solution Explorer", add new item to Header Files or Source Files.
The Basics of IRC
IRC is also known as Internet Relay Chat. The principal of it is essentially to provide accessible chat rooms for people over the internet over multiple operating systems.
To be able to connect and interact with IRC, one must first have an IRC client of some sort. Two of the most common are Chatzilla (Add-on for Firefox), and mIRC.
Once installed and running, you will have such options as connecting to various servers. We're particularly interested in the one which the seneca chatroom is located.
Basic Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/server irc.freenode.net |
Connects your client to an IRC server. In this case, it is the freenode server |
/join #seneca |
Join #seneca channel |
/nick YOURNEWNICKNAME |
Change your nickname |
/leave #seneca |
Leave #seneca channel |
/part #seneca |
Another fancy (more elegant) way of leaving |
/query NICKNAME |
Open a private chat with someone |
Protecting your Nickname
Once connected to the server, it is a good idea to register your nick, otherwise someone can impersonate you and steal your nick -- Forcing you to change your name again.
To register, one uses the following command:
/msg nickserv REGISTER foo foo@bar.com
This will associate your account with the e-mail foo@bar.com, as well as have your password be foo.
To identify yourself, you do a similar command:
/msg nickserv IDENTIFY foo
If someone has taken your registered nick, or you have a zombie in the channel (Where you drop connection but you still appear in the channel), there is a command to fix that.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/msg NickServ RECOVER [nick] [personal password] |
RECOVER Kill another user who has taken your nick (leave out the brackets [])
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/msg NickServ GHOST [nick] [personal password] |
GHOST Kills the nickname (NOTE: Please use the Ghost command instead for now and leave out the brackets [])
|
NOTE: Stick with GHOST for now, as RECOVER is becoming more obsolete.
Seneca @ Freenode
Freenode is an IRC server/network. It is the largest free and open source software-focused IRC network.
Seneca's official IRC channels such as #seneca, #seneca-social, #seneca-oop344 and more are all at Freenode.
To connect to Freenode, one has to have an IRC client. If you are too lazy to download and install an IRC client, Freenode has an alternate way to connect to their network called freenode Web IRC. It is an IRC webapp client written in javascript. You will not need to install anything, just visit http://webchat.freenode.net/ and follow instructions. Everything will work in your browser as if it's magic.
How To Log IRC Conversations on mIRC
To log conversations on mIRC, you need to :
- Right click on the channel on the Switchbar (The bar with the channel names on it)
- Select Logging
- Select On
To view a logged conversation:
- Click on Tools
- Click on Log Files...
- Find you log file and double click it
Linked List Explained
Linked List
If you don't really understand how linked lists work or why we should even use them then this page is made for you!
Another Linked List Tutorial
This is another tutorial for linked lists that will walk you through how to program one.
