A Work Pattern

• I assume you are working at home from a a windows machine.
  • If you are on a mac or linux, we can discuss in private if you need some help.
• Here is what I see as the situation
  • You probably want a graphical editor.
    • If you have learned vi, emacs, nano, ... you have more options.
  • You will probably need to compile your files on a linux machine.
    • For this class, I want you to use cslab103 as final test platform.
• You have several choices for a "gui" environment
  • You can install an IDE (Integrated Develoment Environment)
  • There are many for C++.
    • Bloodshed dev c++ is nice, but out of date.
    • Code::Blocks is nice, but hard to make work in a simple way.
    • There are others, but I didn't find a nice, free, easy to install one.
  • I found using WinSCP as my "Graphics Shell" to be the best choice.
• The tools I use
  • Notepad ++
  • WinSCP
  • putty
  • Google chrome.
  • I also have git, gvim, and mingw, and some other things installed.
• Graphical Editor
  • As I said, I use notepad++, on windows
  • Actually, that is a lie, I sometimes use gvim, but if you could use vi, you wouldn't be looking at this set of notes.
  • You can use whatever you want.
• WinSCP as a shell
  • WinSCP allows you to work on a remote machine.
  • We have started to create some WinSCP tutorials here
• I have configured WinSCP to use the Editor of my choice on windows
• I use putty to work on the remote machine.
  • Local Putty Guide
• To start a project:
  • Connect with both putty and WinSCP to the remote machine.
  • Create a directory for the class.
    • PICK ONE:
    • terminal (putty) :
      • mkdir csci230
    • or in WinSCP:
      • right click in the remote area, select New, Directory
      • 
      • give the name (csci230).
    • Change into this new directory
      • terminal: cd csci230
      • WinSCP: double click on the new directory
    • Repeat this process to create a homework 0 directory (hw0).
      • If you work in the terminal (putty) , you may need to refresh WinSCP
      • Simple right click in the Remote area and select Refresh
    • Edit a new file
      • In WinSCP click in the remote area
      • Select new file.
      • 
      • Give it a name, hello.cpp
      • This opened notepad++ and so I entered the hello world program.
      • When I saved the file, it was automatically transferred to cslab013
      • 
    • Compile
      • In the terminal, i typed make hello
      • There was a ; missing
      • 
      • So I inserted the ; using notepad++, saved it and compiled.
    • Add a Makefile
      • Create a new file called Makefile
      • Notice this opened another tab in Notepad++
      • 
      • Save this and I can now type just make in the terminal.