Welcome to CSE 450!

— Announcements —

• If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please contact the instructor as soon as possible.
• Each lecture is interactive, so please bring your laptop to the class. If you do not have a laptop, contact MSU EGRID (EGR 1108, 616-251-1440).

— Class Overview —

This course teaches students how to create programming and domain-specific languages properly. The students will develop an analytical mindset on how human logic and commands are translated into computer instructions. Specifically, the students will master the following major topics:

• History of programming languages and standard approaches to creating programming languages;
• Regular expressions, tokens, and lexical analysis;
• Language grammars, syntax analysis, parsing, and abstract syntax trees;
• Semantic analysis, flow control, scopes, arrays, and functions;
• Compilation and interpretation, intermediate code, assembly code, and target code generation;
• Memory management and error handling;
• Object-oriented language design;
• Code optimization.

— Instructors —

— Links —

• Syllabus: https://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse450/cse450-spring2023-syllabus.pdf
• Grades, homework quizzes, project submissions: D2L
• Ask a question online: Piazza
• Interactive coding environment (for in-class activities): Replit
• In-class interactive questionnarie: Mentimeter

— Schedule —

January

• Mon, Jan 9: Class introduction, Lecture 1
• Wed, Jan 11: Lecture 2
• Mon, Jan 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No lecture.
• Wed, Jan 18: Lecture 3
• Fri, Jan 20: Practice Project 0 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Mon, Jan 23: Lecture 4, Practice HW 0 due (10:20 a.m., not graded)
• Wed, Jan 25: Lecture 5
• Fri, Jan 27: Project 1 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Mon, Jan 30: Lecture 6, HW 1 due (10:20 a.m.)

February

• Wed, Feb 1: Lecture 7, In-Class Quiz 1
• Mon, Feb 6: Lecture 8, HW 2 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Feb 8: Lecture 9
• Fri, Feb 10: Project 2 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Mon, Feb 13: Lecture 10, HW 3 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Feb 15: Lecture canceled, In-Class Quiz 2 canceled
• Mon, Feb 20: Lecture 11, HW 4 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Feb 22: Lecture 12
• Fri, Feb 24: Project 3 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Mon, Feb 27: Lecture 13, HW 5 due (10:20 a.m.)

March

• Wed, Mar 1: Lecture 14, In-Class Quiz 3
• Mon, Mar 6: Spring Break, no lecture
• Wed, Mar 8: Spring Break, no lecture
• Mon, Mar 13: Lecture 15, HW 6 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Mar 15: Lecture 16
• Mon, Mar 20: Lecture 17, HW 7 due (10:20 a.m.), Project 4 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Wed, Mar 22: Lecture 18, In-Class Quiz 4
• Mon, Mar 27: Lecture 19, HW 8 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Mar 29: Lecture 20
• Fri, Mar 31: Project 5 due (11:59 p.m.)

April

• Mon, Apr 3: Lecture 21, HW 9 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Apr 5: Lecture 22, In-Class Quiz 5
• Mon, Apr 10: Lecture 23, HW 10 due (10:20 a.m.)
• Wed, Apr 12: Lecture 24
• Fri, Apr 14: Project 6 due (11:59 p.m.)
• Mon, Apr 17: Lecture 25
• Wed, Apr 19: Lecture 26
• Mon, Apr 24: Lecture 27 — final lecture of the semester.
• Wed, Apr 26: Assignment Workday: no lecture, but I will reserve this time to answer your questions and help you with assignments.
• Fri, Apr 28: Project 7 due (11:59 p.m.)

May

• Mon, May 1: Honors Project Due (11:59 p.m.); last day to submit any assignment (including late submissions).