Code Examples and Reading Assignments
CS 40400 / CS 59000-01
Distributed Systems
Fall, 2013

This page documents what we do in class. It contains programs that we will discuss in class and reading assignments from the textbook and various Internet resources.

The reading assignments are listed by the date on which they were assigned. The sample programs are listed by the date on which they were used. You can click on any .java (or .cpp, .c, .h) link and see the source code. When you are viewing source code, you can use your browser's "File -> Save As..." menu item to save a copy of the file on your computer. It is a good idea for you to "play" with these example programs; compile them, run them, make simple changes to them and compile and run them again.

Monday, December 9. Here is the exam. The exam is due Friday, December 13, at midnight. Everyone should do their own work. If you have any questions, please write me an email. CS40400-Exam-2.pdf Be sure to re-download the zip file of networking examples. For the exam you need the most recent version of the program HTTPClient.java. Network Communication.zip Tuesday, November 19. See the homework page for your third assignment. Be sure to re-download the zip file of networking examples. The HTTP folders have been updated quite a bit. Network Communication.zip Tuesday, October 29. Interesting article (and paper). The new Web tracking: You never see it coming Tuesday, October 22. Here is a (partial) list of review questions for the exam next week (on Thursday, October 31). Exam 1 Review Questions (ver 3) Thursday, October 17. We will start talking about the details of the HTTP protocol today. Read Section 2.2 of the textbook. Also, look at the PowerPoint presentations that are in the Network Communication folder. Tuesday, October 15. We will have the midterm exam on Thursday, October 31. Thursday, October 10. Read Chapter 2 from TCP/IP sockets in Java: practical guide for programmers. Tuesday, October 8. Fall break. Thursday, October 3. See the homework page for your second assignment. Tuesday, October 1. Read Section 2.7 from Chapter 2 of our textbook. Here is a link to a brief and well written introduction to TCP/IP networks. Chapter 11, preview, from Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 2/E The following zip file contains a collection of network communication examples. Network Communication.zip Thursday, September 26. Here are links to a few introductions to network programming in Java. Java, Java, Java: Object-Oriented Problem Solving (See Chapter 15), by Ralph Morelli & Ralph Walde Introduction to Programming Using Java (Section 11.4), by David J. Eck Thinking in Java, 2nd Ed (Chapter 15), by Bruce Eckel Trail: Custom Networking: Table of Contents from The Java Tutorials Tuesday, September 24. Read Sections 2.1 and 2.2 from Chapter 2 of our textbook. Tuesday, September 17. When you read Chapter 1 from the textbook, the most important sections are 1.1.3 and 1.5. Read Sections 2.1 and 2.2 from Chapter 2 of our textbook. Thursday, September 12. See the homework page for your first assignment. Read Sections 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8, from Chapter 1 of our textbook. Chapter 1 of the textbook is available online at the following URL. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Chapter 1 Tuesday, September 10. Read Sections 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5, from Chapter 1 of our textbook. Chapter 1 of the textbook is available online at the following URL. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Chapter 1 Tuesday, September 3. The following zip file has been considerably updated. Inter-Process Communication.zip Thursday, August 29. The following zip file contains a better organized collection of IPC examples. Inter-Process Communication.zip Tuesday, August 27. Before we start going over network programming, we should continue to go over some ideas about IPC. Inter-Process Communication.zip Thursday, August 22. Before we start going over network programming, we should go over some ideas about Inter-Process Communication (IPC). second-day.zip Tuesday, August 20. Read Chapter 1, Sections 1.1 and 1.2, of our textbook. Chapter 1 of the textbook is available online at the following URL. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Chapter 1 Before we start going over network programming, we should go over some ideas about Inter-Process Communication (IPC). first-day.zip