Plugin for Introductory Programming Courses

Introduction

This is a C++ library for teaching basic concepts in CSF111 Computer Programming. It's currently mostly a wrapper around the Standard Library so there's lots of room for improvement. We've also developed a VSCode extension to provide functionality like: fetch, switch assignment, change git user, submit, delete, auto commit and active time logging on save

Project Ideas

Here's 3 broad areas we could work on to improve the plugin

1. Improving the library: Adding features, like adding capabilites to make a simple GUI, or detailed logs for better debugging or just refactoring the code
2. Improving the plugin: We faced a lot of issues with docker and git. We could redesign the toolchain to be easier to use, maybe replace docker with a simpler alternative. This option is pretty open ended and any input is welcome
3. Analysis on the data: Around 90 students signed the consent form to let us use their data. We could anonymize the data and publish a paper like this one: Research Paper

Prerequisites

Experience with basics of C++. We can teach you about libraries and linking but we can't teach C++ from scratch. It's a big plus if you were one of the students who used this library and have ideas on how to improve it.

Current Structure (WIP)

Everything is under namespace cp. No nested namespaces.

• io.hxx
  • void print(int) and void println(int), similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
  • void println()
  • int read_int(), similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
• fileio.hxx: two classes input_file and output_file
  • methods common to both
    • ctor with a cp::string param: name of the file
    • bool eof()
    • bool is_open()
    • void close()
    • cp::string name()
  • methods for input_file
    • int read_int(), similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
  • methods for output_file
    • void print(int) and void println(int), similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
    • void println()
• math.hxx
  • double sqrt(double)
  • double ceiling(double)
  • double floor(double)
  • int abs(int), also for double
  • inline constexpr double e
  • inline constexpr double pi
• logical.hxx
  • bool and(bool, bool)
  • bool or(bool, bool)
  • bool not(bool)
• string.hxx
  • ctor, dtor, operator=
  • operator[]
  • operator==, operator<=>
  • operator+
  • operator>>, operator<<
  • size_type length()
  • to_string(int) similarly for double, bool, char
  • int to_int() similarly for double, bool, char
  • iterators begin and end
  • int index_of(char)
  • void clear()
  • inline constexpr cp::string newline
• list.hxx - list<T> that internally uses vector<T> and provides following methods
  • ctor, dtor, operator=
  • iterators begin, end
  • size_type size()
  • void clear()
  • void insert_at(size_type pos, int value)
  • int remove_from(size_type pos)
  • operator==, operator<=>
  • cp::string to_string()
  • To hide templates, use typedef list_int list<int>, similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
  • To hide templates, use typedef list_int list<int>, similarly for double, bool, char, cp::string
• assert.hxx
  • void assert(bool), void assert(bool, cp::string)

Mentors

• Sarthak Chaudhary
• Tanmay Devale
• Satchit Hari
• Mrudul M Nair