Please create a git repostitory named csc222 that you will use for the work you do for this class. You will be asked to email me a link to this repo in this evening's homework.

After you create your repos, we will write, compile and run what is perhaps the most famous program in the world, hello_world.cc.

The source code for our take today on this classic little gem is:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// main: generate some simple output

int main()
{
    int num = 42;

    cout << "The answer to the ultimate question of life, ";
    cout << "the universe and everything is (of course) ";
    cout << num  << "." << endl;

    return 0;
}

The reason this silly little program is so famous is that if you can compile it and run it, it means you have a working development environment and you know how to use it. That is no small feat.

While I won't prevent you from using any other development tools you like, the only tools I will be using in class, and the only ones you can ask me for help with, are the Unix CLI, the Vim text editor, and the command-line C++ compiler on your system.

Using your VCCS email account, send me an email to my VCCS email address: jde232@email.vccs.edu introducing yourself to me by answering the following questions:

1. What is your past experience with with the Unix CLI, console based text editors like Vim, and revision control using git?
2. What is your previous programming experience? Which programming languages do you know? How well do you feel you know them? With which programming environments do you have experience?
3. What motivated you to sign up for this course, and what are you hoping to get out of it? Please be as specific as you can. I have some flexibility in the particulars of what we do in this course, so the better I understand what you're looking for, the better I can modify our plans to better align them with your goals.
4. Read Chapter 1: The way of the program in our text and send me a solution to the two exercises at the end of the chapter.
5. What is the URL of your csc222 git repo that you will use for this class?
6. Is there anything you would like to see in a Classroom Charter containing the rules and norms we all agree together to abide in our learning community?
7. Is there anything else you would like me to know about you?

NOTE: Please submit this assignment by 11:59 pm on Sunday at the latest, so that I have time Monday to reply to your email before our next class on Tuesday.

You will earn an A for this first assignment if you provide thoughful answers to my 7 questions, a B if you provide some answer to each question, a C if you answer some of the questions, a D send me an email, and an E if you do not.