1 Style Guides

All code written for this course must conform to the course style guide. (Tools are available to make it easier to conform to the style guide.)

In addition, avoid the use of the space character in file and directory/folder names because the space character is commonly used as a delimiter.

2 Sharing Code

If you need to ask Prof. Bernstein about your code, you can email them to him by attaching a .zip file. However, remember that you must change the suffix to .jmu or it will be stripped-off by the JMU email system. This is best done from a command shell because file explorers have a tendency to hide file extensions.

3 Course WWW Pages

This course has a fairly extensive set of WWW pages associated with it. For help using these pages, you might want to look at:

4 Connecting to JMU from Off Campus

Some on-line resources used in this course are available only to members of the JMU community. This means that, if you are working from off-campus, you will need to authenticate yourself through the JMU network. Help is available at:

5 Setting-Up the Recommended Software Development Environment

If you choose to use the recommended software development environment you can install it as follows:

6 Using the Recommended Software Development Environment

You will be much more productive in this courses if you become familiar with the software development environment that you are using. If you are using the recommended environment (as discussed on the "Tools" page), you might want to look at the following:

7 Course Content

Obviously, a great deal has been written about the topics covered in this class. If you're looking for more information you might want to look at the following:

8 The Oxford English Dictionary

Of course, you need to understand the things you read. The OED is a tremendous resource in this regard. It is available on-line at