John W. Clark

I am a computer science instructor at UNO. I teach programming courses in C and C++ as well as data structures and algorithms.

I am currently teaching
CSCI 1620 (Java), and CSCI 1840 (C).

Current Class News

upcoming dates of interest

March 14- 21 : Spring Vacation - No classes; UNO offices open
March 26 : Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"
May1-7 : Finals

In the event of bad weather, here is where they post closings :
university weather announcements


1620 Lab Schedule

I am no longer in charge of the 1620 labs.
Here is the current lab schedule

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Contact Information

e-mail : jclark at arioch dot unomaha dot edu
My office is PKI 174 A
Office hours
Monday, Wednesday 12:30-1:15, 3:00-3:45, 5:30-6:00
Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-3:45, 5:30-6:00
If you need to see me at another time, e-mail for an appointment.
Class Schedule
Call # (honors) Class (honors) Day-Time Room
13862 CSCI-1840-001 MW 0130PM to 0245PM PKI 155
10852 CSCI-1620-001 MW 0400PM to 0515PM PKI 256
10856 CSCI-1620-005 TR 1030AM to 1145AM PKI 164
13863 CSCI-1840-002 TR 0400PM to 0515PM PKI 252

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Coding Guidelines

Program turn in procedures - This lets you know what I want turned in when a program is due, where to e-mail it and some other basics.
Programming Style Guide - This has important information on how I want programs indented, formatted, and commented ( this is for C and C++ ).

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Programming and Unix Mini Howtos

setting up your vulcan account This has info on setting up your vulcan account.
how to use shar - shell archive utility - Simple into on how to use shar for making archives and e-mailing multiple file programs.
how to use g++ / gcc This is the compiler you will be using in this class. The Gnu C compiler ( hence gcc ) is the best C and C++ compiler out there, it is free, and you can get the source code for it.
vi/vim editor commands Information on vim, which is vi on steroids. There is no better editor for programming.
make and makefiles A scripting utility to give the commands to build your programs.
how to use rcs - revision control system - Rcs is a way to track multiple versions of source code this is very useful for saving working code before you go to modify or enhance it.
how to use cvs - This is an improved multi-user rcs.
Redirection of input and output This has some examples of how unix I/O redirection works.
unix command quick reference A simple list of unix commands you should know.
gdb basics Some of the basics on the Gnu Debugger. If cout statements can't give you the debugging info you need, you might want to try this. Warning, it isn't simple, but is very powerful ( bring your own plastic).
handouts and sample code. This is where I keep any handouts and code examples.

offsite language references

C and C++ reference
A good streams reference
Sgi's stl site
Java docs for 1.6

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The Game
The Space Shuttle if NASA were a private company   .
Academic Observations ( offsite ) .