Course Newsgroup Information



Newsgroups you are required to read daily:


Daily Announcements


Newsgroups that are forums for help:


General class questions
Help on Programs
Help on Labs


Mandatory

  • git.cc.class.cs1322.announce

  • Web-based .announce

    This Newsgroup should be read at least once a day. This is where all important announcements, homeworks, etc. will be posted. You are responsible for all information contained here. Students cannot post to this newsgroup.

    Recommended

  • git.cc.class.cs1322.questions

    This newsgroup is where to post questions about tests, lecture, software trouble or general questions about the course. It can be posted to, and answered by TAs or students. Is is recommended that you read this newsgroup to find answers before asking TAs and Lecturer. It is better to post your questions here, so the class as a whole can benefit from the answer.

  • git.cc.class.cs1322.program

    This newsgroup is where to post questions about programs. It can be posted to, and answered by TAs or students. Is is recommended that you read this newsgroup to find answers before asking TAs and Lecturer. It is better to post your questions here, so th e class as a whole can benefit from the answer.

    Note: When posting to the program newsgroup, please make your message subject fit this format: [p#]

    Good examples:

    [p4] Problem with a breadth-first search.
    [p1] What is NoClassDefFoundError?

    Bad example:

    MY PROGRAM ISN'T WORKING!


    This format will let the TA's and other students skim through and find problems they are certain they can help with. This will greatly speed up the time it takes to answer your particular question.

  • git.cc.class.cs1322.lab

    This newsgroup is where to post questions about Lab specific questions. It can be posted to, and answered by TAs or students.

    Be Descriptive. Don't just send a message saying that your program doesn't work. On a good day, this might get you sympathy. Isolate the problem as much as you can. Tell us what the program is or isn't doing? What is its behavior when it crashes? What's t he error message? You need to do the work to identify the problem so we can help you.

    Be Polite! Programming can occasionally be frustrating. The newsgroups are not the place to vent this frustration.