CPS 310 Operating Systems
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• Background/Refresher on computer architecture and systems: Welcome to the Machine: What every computer systems student should know about computers

• Operating Systems in Three Easy Pieces. The Arpaci-Dusseau team has an excellent textbook Three Easy Pieces. The book is closely matched to the needs of the class at least through the first six weeks. In the second half of the class we will move away from core OS topics and toward networked/distributed systems.

• C sample programs

• Repositories. You will need to access repositories on github.com and gitlab.oit.duke.edu. These are separate services. Use your NetID to log into gitlab (click the Shibboleth button hidden below the username/password prompt). Use your personal account (or create one) for github. Install your public key on both accounts. The connecting to github with ssh is the best place to start; gitlab is similar. If you don't have a public key, these instructions tell you how to make a fresh keypair easily and use it for both services.

• git. We use the git revision control system, which is now standard for software development projects. We use a simple centralized workflow: group members share a central code repository ("repo") stored on github, clone local copies on laptops and virtual machines (or wherever you want), make changes locally, and merge/commit/push code changes back to the central repository, where other group members (and the autograder) can access it. But git is capable of much more. Git may seem to be deliberately confusing in a macho sort of way, so it is worth taking time to learn some lingo and commands to get you through. Fortunately there is an authoritative git book online. Recommended: Chapters 1, 2.1-2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 6, 7.7. Also useful: Chapters 2.7, 2.8, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 5, 7. Suggestion: select and download a git cheat sheet via Google Images.

• Dynamic Memory Management from Bryant and O'Hallaron, CS:APP (Best read with view mode: facing pages/two-pages per window). This text is a classic computer systems textbook.
• "Essential C" tutorial at Stanford: Essential C [local PDF], Nick Parlante, A brief introduction to C programming, 2003.
• ANSI C [PDF], Tim Love, ANSI C for programmers on UNIX systems, 1996.
• GDB [PDF], A brief introduction to gdb.
• Tutorial on linked lists in C

• Writing Solid Code is a Microsoft view of software development in C. It is worth absorbing the philosophy and many essential lessons in this book. Some people love this book. It also has its detractors. Unofficial pdf copies do exist on the web.