From bdf1ceeaedac99ff2dce7defa66a80955b71ee65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lawrence Angrave Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:33:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] replaced Piazza with more generic "the class forum" --- background/background.tex | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/background/background.tex b/background/background.tex index a2149af..2e7853b 100644 --- a/background/background.tex +++ b/background/background.tex @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ \subsection{git} \end{lstlisting} Don't panic, but your repository may be in an unworkable state. -If you aren't nearing a deadline, come to office hours or ask your question on Piazza, and we'd be happy to help. +If you aren't nearing a deadline, come to office hours or ask your question on Edstem, and we'd be happy to help. In an emergency scenario, delete your repository and re-clone (you'll have to add the \keyword{release} as above). \textbf{This will lose any local uncommitted changes. Make sure to copy any files you were working on outside the directory, remove and copy them back in} @@ -986,15 +986,15 @@ \subsection{C Development} \subsection{Optional: Just for fun} \begin{itemize} -\item Convert a song lyrics into System Programming and C code covered in this wiki book and share on Piazza. -\item Find, in your opinion, the best and worst C code on the web and post the link to Piazza. -\item Write a short C program with a deliberate subtle C bug and post it on Piazza to see if others can spot your bug. -\item Do you have any cool/disastrous system programming bugs you've heard about? Feel free to share with your peers and the course staff on Piazza. +\item Convert a song lyrics into System Programming and C code covered in this wiki book and share on the class forum. +\item Find, in your opinion, the best and worst C code on the web and post the link to the class forum. +\item Write a short C program with a deliberate subtle C bug and post it on the class forum to see if others can spot your bug. +\item Do you have any cool/disastrous system programming bugs you've heard about? Feel free to share with your peers and the course staff on the class forum. \end{itemize} -\section{UIUC Specific Guidelines} +\section{University of Illinois Specific Guidelines} -\subsection{Piazza} +\subsection{The class forum} TAs and student assistants get a ton of questions. Some are well-researched, and some are not. @@ -1004,18 +1004,18 @@ \subsection{Piazza} \begin{enumerate} \item Am I running on my Virtual Machine? \item \textbf{Did I check the man pages?} -\item Have I searched for similar questions/followups on Piazza? +\item Have I searched for similar questions/followups on the class forum? \item Have I read the MP/Lab specification completely? \item Have I watched all of the videos? \item Did I Google the error message and a few permutations thereof if necessary? How about StackOverflow. \item Did I try commenting out, printing, and/or stepping through parts of the code bit by bit to find out precisely where the error occurs? \item \textbf{Did I commit my code to git in case the TAs need more context?} -\item Did I include the console/GDB/Valgrind output **AND** code surrounding the bug in my Piazza post? +\item Did I include the console/GDB/Valgrind output **AND** code surrounding the bug in my the class forum post? \item Have I fixed other segmentation faults unrelated to the issue I'm having? \item Am I following good programming practice? (i.e. encapsulation, functions to limit repetition, etc) \end{enumerate} -The biggest tip that we can give you when asking a question on piazza if you want a swift answer is to \textbf{ask your question like you were trying to answer it}. Like before you ask a question, try to answer it yourself. If you are thinking about posting +The biggest tip that we can give you when asking a question on the class forum if you want a swift answer is to \textbf{ask your question like you were trying to answer it}. Like before you ask a question, try to answer it yourself. If you are thinking about posting \begin{quote} Hi, My code got a 50% on the autograder. I tried testing it a lot, but couldn't get it to fail. Can you give me some hints as to the test cases