News for UCLA Computer Science 35L, spring 2025

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Here are news items that affect the core assignments and class material.

2025-05-20

The deadline for the end-of-quarter LA feedback survey has been moved earlier, from Friday 10th week to Monday 10th week.

2025-05-19

Assignment 6 has been updated as follows:

• It clarifies that the LLM tool should be used to generate black-box tests, not white-box tests.
• It now also suggests Cursor, Github Copilot coding agent (the one introduced today), and Windsurf Editor as possible agents to use.
• It mentions that many tools offer monthly subscriptions or free trials.

2025-05-18

• Assignment 6 is available with changes from the preliminary draft, concerning using LLMs for generating test cases.

2025-04-22

• Assignment 3 is available with some changes from the preliminary draft. More starter code has been added. Instructions for setup and initialization (including for WSL users) has been added. Common problems have been described. Autograder advice has been added.
• The value of Assignment 6 (which has not been finalized yet) has been increased from 3% to 4%. This fixes a typo in which the total values the assignments did not add up to the proper value.

2025-04-15

• Assignment 2 is available with some minor changes from the preliminary draft, saying more precisely what should be in notes.txt, and changing the submission format to something more suitable for Gradescope. A small note was added near the start of Exercise 2.1 requiring the usage of /usr/bin/emacs instead of the normal emacs command for that exercise.
• The names of Assignment 1's dribble files have been fixed.

2025-04-09

• Assignment 1's autograder is available on Gradescope.
• The grading webpage gives more details about how class participation is counted.
• The project webpage has been updated with logistics for presentations, submissions, etc. Please fill out the linked Google Form as soon as possible.
• The assignment page now gives deadlines for the group form and the weekly reports.

2025-04-01

• Assignment 1 is available.
• Create your SEASnet account and then check that it works as soon as you can, as there are occasionally delays before your account is activated.
• Here are suggestions if you're interested in the course but are neither enrolled nor on the waiting list.
  • Read Enrollment in Computer Science Classes and follow its advice.
  • Any PTEs are not typically given out until the end of the second week, to make sure that enough resources are available. You can try coming to classes before then. Sign up on any attendance sheet that is being passed around.