Old Messages of the Day

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

• Your preliminary design documents are due at 9pm tomorrow. Please email your document, named seNM-prelim.pdf and in PDF format, to your group's TA before the deadline (where seNM is your group name).
• Cross-checker results for problem set 4 have been released. We have switched to a pseudonym system instead of using ranking numbers; if you do not already know the pseudonym assigned you, ask your TA.

Monday, April 10, 2006

• Final group assignments have been posted.

Friday, April 7, 2006

• The assignments for both final projects, Antichess and Gizmoball, have been released.

Thursday, April 6, 2006

• A wiki has been set up for people who don't have a complete group of 3-4 people yet. If you don't have a complete group, please add yourself to the wiki ASAP and we'll help you find one tomorrow.
• If you already have a complete group, email your TA with everyone you're working with and what project you'd like to do. You are required to have picked a project (and told your TA) by end of day tomorrow, 4/7.

Monday, April 3, 2006

• Overviews of the two final projects have been released.

Monday, April 3, 2006

• A reminder: there is no lecture today.
• Problem set 6 is due tomorrow at 9pm. Students can use all of their remaining slack days on problem set 6.
• The version of Daikon (daikon.jar) in your repository was updated a few weeks ago to fix a rare bug noticed by 2 students. If you've noticed any problems (or lack of problems) with Daikon since March 18, let us know.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

• Problem set 6 has been released.

Monday, March 20, 2006

• The deadline for Problem set 4 returnin has been extended by one day to 9pm Friday, March 24, 2006.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

• Problem set 5 has been released.

Thursday, March 9, 2006

• We have updated the Errata for Problem set 4.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

• Problem set 4 has been released.

Monday, March 6, 2006

• As a reminder, any code you submit (including that for Problem Set 3) must compile without generics warnings and must otherwise follow good Java 5 style. Code with generics warnings or gratuitous type casts will not be considered to have compiled, and we will not run any tests against it.

  Here are some ways to identify generics-related warnings in your code:

  • Compiling with Ant or with the -Xlint option for javac on the command line will reveal these warnings in the output.
  • By default, Eclipse also denotes generics warnings, albeit in an inconspicuous manner. We strongly suggest that you follow the instructions to configure Eclipse to issue errors for generics-related problems.

Thursday, March 2, 2006

• Quiz 1 is tomorrow, in class. It is closed book and 50 minutes long. It covers all lectures, readings, recitations, handouts, etc. up to this point.

  Important: Students with last names starting with A-H should take the quiz in room 2-190. Students with last names starting with I-Z should take the quiz in room 32-123.

  Good luck!

Saturday, February 25, 2006

• We have updated the errata for Problem Set 2.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

• Problem set 2 has been released.
• You can read the 6.170 Forum via email or RSS (in addition to the standard way, in your web browser).
• Recitation notes 1 and 2 have been posted.
• Guides to Java Style, Class and Method Specifications, and Writing Abstraction Functions and Representation Invariants have been posted.
• The Editing and Compiling Java Programs document has been updated with more ways to run and test programs from the command line or within Emacs.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

• Problem 0 of Problem Set 1 is due on Thursday at the beginning of recitation.
• The collaboration policy has been posted.
• The calendar has been updated with a guest lecture on March 1, and with suggested readings.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

• Problem set 1 has been released. As usual, getting started early is a good idea.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

• Please check the section assignments page to verify your recitation time and TA. Email Philip Guo (pgbovine@mit.edu) if you have any conflicts or have not yet been assigned to a recitation.

Friday, February 10, 2006

• An annotated version of Lecture 1 has been posted. In the future, you are expected to take such notes on your own.
• Practice quizzes have been posted.

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

• Welcome to 6.170!
• IMPORTANT: You must run the 6.170 initial setup script before 9pm on Wednesday, February 8th (the day of the first lecture)!
• Problem set 0 has been posted! Also, the most recent problem set will always be linked to from the main page under "Problem Set Shortcuts."

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