This repository contains all of the notes distributed throughout the semester. This repository will be updated with new material before each class.
Class-01- Introduction to C++ & Scientific ComputingClass-02- Variables and Control StructuresClass-03- Operators, For-Loops, Functions, Introduction to SimulationsClass-04- More on Functions, Introduction to STL, Introduction to KinematicsClass-05- Standard Template Library (STL), fmtClass-06- Lambdas, Scope, ConstnessClass-07- Classes, Initialization, Memory OptimizationClass-08- Introduction to RandomnessClass-09- Basic Simulation ArchitectureClass-10- Behaviors & Interactions, Ants ProjectClass-11- Continuing Ants ProjectClass-12- Automated Defense System ProjectClass-13- Continuing Automated Defense System ProjectClass-14- Multithreading, N-body Problem
These instructions apply to all respositories in this class.
Throughout this course GitHub Codespaces will always be available. A codespace is an cloud-based development environment, preconfigured using our course environment turtleshell. Codespaces effectively provide VSCode in your web browser.
From any repository in this course you can simply click the green "Code" button, select the "Codespaces" tab, and then click the "Create codespace on main" button. This will take a few moments to download all of the necessary resources before opening VSCode.
Codespaces are free, but because they are free, their resources are limited. Your unused codespaces will automatically expire, and you are limited in the number of codespaces you can actively own. You will inevitably need to delete old codespaces as we build a small collection of them throughout the semester. You can do so here.
While every codespace is attached to GitHub, you are responsible for synchronizing them. This is done through the UI or through a series of git commands that will stage, commit, and push the files to GitHub.
You can leave a codespace and allow it to shutdown automatically (shutting down is different than expiration!), but you are encourage to synchronize your code as much as you can; there is no penalty for synchronizing your code many time. Any code and changes you make in a codespace can be retrieved so long as the codespace has not been deleted!.
For those with their own laptop (or PC at home) with a sufficient operating system can also decide to launch a devcontainer. This in essence is the exact same as a codespace, but instead the environment is running on your laptop rather than in the cloud. This is not too complicated to setup, but there are a few pieces of software you will need to install yourself.
Development using a local devcontainer will be much smoother, and our code will run much faster. Once you have all of the tools listed below installed, you will download a repository (via GitHub Desktop/git), open it in VSCode, and re-open the repository in a devcontainer.
First and foremost, if you cannot install Docker then you cannot proceed with running devcontainers. There are somewhat strict requirements on operating systems, and so if your system is too old then you cannot install Docker. The installation process may require a restart of your computer, and may require additional updates made to operating system.
Docker is responsible for running the containerization (similar to virtualization) of the development environment.
Install VSCode, along with the following extension:
ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack
VSCode is a fully featured text editor with many powerful extensions that bring it from editor to integrated development environment.
Install GitHub Desktop. While not strictly necessary, this provides you with an easy-to-use UI for downloading repositories and submitting files back to GitHub. You will then need to configure SSH keys, as detailed here.