Course contents (draft)

Week 1

Session 1

• the command-line
• navigating the filesystem
• invoking the compiler
• using an editor: micro (or notepad++)
• writing our first hello_world.cpp
• plain old data (POD) types: bool, int, float, double
• the std::string class
• command-line arguments
• the std::vector class
• range-based for loop
• the auto keyword
• introducing first project: DNA shotgun sequencing

Session 2

• file input/output
• the while loop
• functions

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Week 2