CSCI 3294 (Unix Power Tools), Spring 2005:
Guidelines and Requirements for Projects

Overview

To improve your grade in the course, you may do an optional project. You may work individually or with one other person in the class. You can get a maximum of 50 extra-credit points, depending on the scope of the project. All projects must be approved in advance by the instructor, who will be the final arbiter of appropriateness and points.

Suggestions for topics

The goal of this assignment is to give you a chance to go beyond what we did in class and in homework -- explore a topic we didn't address, learn more about a topic you found particularly interesting, figure out how to use Unix tools to solve a problem of interest to you, etc. You will probably end up with one or more of the following as ``deliverables''.

• Shell scripts.

• Makefiles.

• Configuration files (for bash or vim or other programs).

• awk programs.

• L^ATEX macros.

What to turn in and when

Project proposal.

Due May 2 at 5pm. A brief description of your project topic, no more than a paragraph. Submit by e-mail.

Project and report.

Due May 10 at 5pm (not accepted late). A slightly longer description of what you did, problems you encountered, things you learned, etc., plus your ``deliverables'' (scripts, configuration files, etc.). Turn in the report in hardcopy form; submit anything machine-testable via e-mail, as for the homeworks.