Get ready for 6.001!

Description

Planning on taking 6.001? Are you worried you don't have enough programming experience? Come hear an overview of the topics covered by 6.001, an introduction to concepts behind programming, and an introduction to the basics of scheme. Then short, simple daily Scheme exercises will be emailed to participants with solutions following a day later. These problems will provide practice and demonstrate solutions to the kinds of problems asked in 6.001. Online help will be available.

The second session will go over the solutions to the problems and explain the steps used. You'll come away with a better understanding of Scheme and what 6.001 is about.

Instructors

Ben Vandiver (benmv@mit.edu, AIM: metametagenie)
Alex Vandiver (alexmv@mit.edu)
David Ziegler (dziegler@mit.edu)

The course staff can be reached at 6001-get-ready@mit.edu.

References

The official 6.001 website
Scheme documentation
The official Scheme website
Online version of book used in 6.001: SICP
Online version of another Scheme textbook: How to design programs

Scheme Implementations

You'll need one of these to program in scheme:

MITScheme - used by 6.001, EDWIN as editor (like emacs)
DrScheme - Not used by 6.001, friendlier editor

Notes on downloading and running scheme

Lectures

Introduction to 6.001 & Scheme
Notes (PostScript, PDF, DVI, LaTeX)
Solutions (txt)
More Scheme: Lists and Higher Order Procedures
Notes (PostScript, PDF, DVI, LaTeX)
Solutions (txt)

Exercises

Getting Help

Comments to 6001-get-ready@mit.edu.