CISC2005 Lab 02 - Week 02

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CISC2005 Suggested Exercise 02

Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers - Setup with "cygwin" GNU C/C++ Tool Chain

• Download and Install Java into your computer, by following the instructions at the link below:

◦ How do I manually download and install Java for my Windows computer?

◦ Java SE Runtime Environment 8 Downloads

◦ Capture at least 2 screen shots to show the successful installation of the above Java SE Runtime Environment in your computer.

• Download and Install "cygwin" into your computer, if you have not done so, by following the instructions at CISC2005 Lab 1:

◦ How do I download and install Cygwin?

◦ How do I select packages to install in Cygwin?

▪ binutils

▪ make

▪ gcc-core

▪ gdb 8.3.1 (Note the version!!!)

◦ How do I open Cygwin terminal in Windows?

◦ Capture at least 2 screen shots to show the successful installation of the cygwin Environment in your computer.

• Download and Install "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers" 

◦ Click the link: Download Page of Eclipse Foundation

◦ Download Eclipse IDE 2020-12 Installer (you need to select a site from which to download) 

◦ Capture at least 2 screen shots to show the successful installation of the above Eclipse IDE in your computer.

• Create a workspace for your projects when starting Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers as follows:

◦ From the Window menu, select File->New and go to C/C++ Project.

◦ Choose option C Managed Build and click Next.

◦ Name the project as "CISC2005-SugEx02" in your computer such that you have a path similar to the one below:

▪ d:\cisc2005-2021\ CISC2005-SugEx02

◦ Create a Hello World ANSI C Project and choose Cygwin GCC as Toolchains.

◦ Capture at least 2 screen shots of your Eclipse running with the path of your workspace shown, and

Project Setup under Eclipse IDE

1. Select your Eclipse workspace at CISC2005-SugEx02

2. Create C program files named "CISC2005-SugEx02.c".

3. Try to build the project. Click the Build button in the upper left corner of the window.

4. Test-run the CISC2005-SugEx02 C programs in the Eclipse project spaces. Select the generated executable, right click, and select Run as->Local C/C++ Application.

5. Debug “CISC2005-SugEx02.c”. Double-click the location of line 15 of the file to set a breakpoint. Then right-click and select Debug as->Local C/C++ Application.

6. You may need to locate the source file when debugging for the first time.

7. Capture at least 2 screen shots to show your test-run results and the Eclipse WS folder containing your project spaces.

Suggested Exercise 02 - Submission

1. Create a folder named "CISC2005WS-SugEx02-your student ID".

2. Put all screen shots into the folder "CISC2005WS-SugEx02-your student ID", including those under the following: 

◦ My Screen Shots of Successful Installation of Java SE Runtime Environment 8 (or 11 or 15)

◦ My Screen Shots of Successful Installation of cygwin (Linux) Environment

◦ My Screen Shots of Successful Installation of Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers

◦ My Screen Shots of Successful Test-Run under respective project spaces in Eclipse IDE: "CISC2005-SugEx02".

3. Zip the folder "CISC2005WS-SugEx02-your student ID", and name it " CISC2005WS-SugEx02-your student ID.zip" (note the ".zip" extension is not part of the name). Please do not use ".rar" format when zipping - use only ".zip" format.

4. Submit your zipped file " CISC2005WS-SugEx02-your student ID.zip" at CISC2005 Submission Link for Suggested Exercise 02 - Due on 2023FEB09 11:59 pm

 This should facilitate the grading work of our TA.

Suggested Exercise 01 - References

• CISC2005 ANSI C Tutorials 01 - 07

• Griffiths, David, & Griffiths, Dawn (2012). Head First C - A Brain-Friendly Guide. O'Reilly.

• Learn C Programming

• You might want to use the Atom text editor for composing your programs. It works the same on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. You can download and install it from: https://atom.io/