Computer Science "Springfield" Teaching Lab: Koshland INSC H110

Availability/Access to lab computers (schedule)

This lab is available to students as long as there is not class or lab scheduled, see the weekly schedule to confirm. The lab is staffed in the evenings Sunday through Thursday, 7 - 9 pm. It is also possible to work over the network: see the Guide to Accessing Your Projects from Outside the H110 Lab.

Access to files for assignments

Once in the lab, you'll need to start Eclipse and configure it to work for your course. See the Setting up Eclipse for the CS Teaching Lab (for Python projects) and Using Eclipse to Obtain (and Submit) Lab Work pages. We also have instructions for not using Eclipse in the lab, which were written when we had trouble with Eclipse.

Software

• Ubuntu Linux
• Eclipse (IDE for various languages, including Python (via the PyDev "plugin" --- just open "Help->Install New Software..." and click on the "Add" button to add the location "http://pydev.org/updates", then select Pydev and click on "Next" and "Finish" as needed (you'll also need to accept the license)) and the Haverford logic.py file used to make statements about the internal logic of a program; and for upper-level courses Java and C++ (via the C++ plugin, which is included by default if you download the C++ version of Eclipse)).
• Python (already installed on most computers)
• HERA(Haverford Educational Resourse Architecture)
• MPI (Message Passing Interface) for parallel scientific computation

Note that all of the above software is freely available (just follow the links), so you can install and use these programs on your own computer, but see the warning at the end of Option 2 of the Guide to Accessing Your Projects from Outside the H110 Lab. Note that PyDev can only be installed for Eclipse 3.3 if you take off the checked "Pydev optional extensions" so that those will not be installed.

If you want to work on your labs on another computer, you'll also have to get any Haverford-specific files, such as the logic.py file for stating preconditions and postconditions, or equivalent libraries for running C++ programs (request via email or copy the file Haverford-course-support.tgz from /home/courses/).

Hardware

• Intel Dual-Core workstations from components (10), each with 2 GB RAM, 80 GB disk, Dell 20" wide screen flat panels
• Server for authentication (NIS) and files (NFS)
• HP 1320 laser printer
• Integrated AV system for computer, laptop, CD/DVD/VHS, JBL speakers, XGA projector
• Tri-College card access (24/7 access for appropriate students/faculty)