Lab 1 - Using Helios and Basic Compilation

Attendance is required to get credit for this lab. This lab will be a mix of lecture and demonstrations.

Part 1: Using Helios

If you did not attend CMPS 150, see me for your account information sheet, which has your username and password. If you did attend CMPS 150, be sure to remember (or bring) your username and password to the lab.

This section of the lab will review pertinant concepts from 150/215 about how to log into Helios, manipulate files and send emails. I'll also show you how to secure your files so that other students cannot read them.

Part 2: Basic Compilation

For this section of the lab, I'll describe what is involved in compiling a program (from Chapter 1 of the book) to create a sequence of instructions that the computer can execute. Then I will show you how to use the g++ compiler on Helios to compile a simple "Hello world" program.