[cs631apue] Welcome to CS631 APUE, Fall 2025!

[Jan Schaumann]

Hello, and welcome to CS631 Advanced Programming in
the UNIX Environment, Fall 2025!

This email is intended to give you a quick overview of
how this class will run this semester.  Please read it
carefully and in its entirety -- there are several
action items for you.

All class information, including the detailed
syllabus, is available from the course website at:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/

You want to bookmark this URL and visit it
regularly.

As you can tell, I've subscribed you to the class
mailing list (cs631apue at lists.stevens.edu); this will
be the primary means of asynchronous communication for
us.  It is a discussion list, not just for
announcements, so you are strongly encouraged do ask
questions or share interesting content here!

You will also receive an invite to the course Slack
channel (https://cs631apue2025.slack.com/).  Please
customize your profile there, add your preferred name
and pronouns, and say hi to each other.  We'll use
this channel to chat informally in semi-real time.
I'm looking forward to active discussions on there!

You may have noticed that the course website contains
links to video lectures available on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/c/cs631apue

Please make sure to watch the videos for the given
week _prior_ to our in-class meeting.  That will allow
us to use the time in class for more productive
discussions and follow-up questions.

Each week, there will be a short checkpoint to be
filled out online to help me gauge your understanding
of the materials for the week and what we may need to
cover in class.  The link is found in the syllabus; it
is your responsibility to remember to submit this
checkpoint.

For this week, that's:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/cgi-bin/631-01.cgi


Our first class will take place on 2025-09-08,
starting at 18:30 Eastern in Edwin A. Stevens 329.

As per the course website and introductory videos, we
will be doing all our work on a NetBSD system.  Please
make sure that you are set up for this _prior to our
first class_:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/#systems

It is best to not wait until the day before class to
start your assignments, so that you have time to ask
questions on Slack or this mailing list.  Please do
use this week before our first class to ensure you are
all set up with your NetBSD VM.

Feel free to discuss and exchange information and help
one another in the class Slack.  The more interactive
our discussions, the better a learning experience you
will have.

I'm looking forward to meet you all in class and to a
productive semester - see you all next week!

-Jan