Assignments

In general, assignments are due electronically by 11:59:59 PM on the due date. The time stamp of the electronic submission is what counts. Paper copies are typically not needed. But, in case a paper copy is required, it may be handed in later during the next class. The deadline for paper copy submission is not strict, but must be submitted with in 3 days of the actual deadline, or late penalties will also be assessed. For emergencies and sickness, extensions must be requested as soon as possible.

Rules for handing in assignments:

• Testing and analysis are important.
• Remember to comment your code.
• After the due date, assignments will be assigned late penalties (unless specific arrangements are made).
• On any assignment, if you hand in something that is not working correctly, an accurate description of the problem and suggestions about possible causes will be worth (max) 50% of a correctly working program. For example, if the assignment does not work correctly and would have received a grade of 70, a good analysis of the problem and possible solutions could receive 15 points, thereby raising the grade to 85.
• For all programming exercises, you should have a mercurial repository in a directory with the name of the exercise. For instance the repository hw1 should be in /rd/cs246s2016/${USER}/hw1
  
  At the top of every file you submit should be the following:
  

  /* Name: Your Name(s) Exercise: Exercise# Date: Date assigned Purpose: A short description of the program/file/exercise. */

• For all programming exercises, you must also include a README, which is a text file containing things you'd like me know about the project, such as:
  • how to compile and run it, if different from the standard requirements
  • any known bugs and what you think the causes are (or what you did to debug it, etc)
  • if your program behaves differently from the requirements, where and how
  • any features you implemented in addition
  • anything else you would like to point my attention to
• You must submit an electronic copy by the deadline. Follow these directions for creating a repository for submission:
  1. Before starting the assignment, make a new directory for the assignment repository in /rd/cs246s2016/${USER}/<assigmentname>
  2. Initialize the repository using hg init
  3. Clone the repository in your local CS246 directory.
  4. As you work, make sure you add new files and commit them often, so that you have a backup.
  5. For additional peace of mind, push your repository after committing so that both repositories are in sync.
  6. When you have finished your assignment, make sure that you commit and push all of your files.