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Initial steps that you need to take in order to be succeed in OOP344.
*Step 1:
Add your name to student list [[Student List 20121 - OOP344]]
*Step 2:
Check out the team page. Make sure you are in a team [[Teams' List 20121 - OOP344]]. You need to <br/> update your name in your own team page. If you are not in a team, contact the professor asap.
*Step 3:
Check out the weekly schedule regularly so you wont miss out what will be covered. [[Weekly Schedule 20121 - OOP344]]
*Step 4:
Download and Install [http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html SVN].
*Step 25: Get IRC(Internet relay chat) so you can effectively communicate with your group members and others. <br/> You will need to download one of these clients listed below:
List of available IRC Clients
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 Chatzilla] (Add-on for Firefox)
* [http://www.aquaticx.com/ xIRC] (MacOS)
* [http://www.babbelirc.com/ Babbel] (Windows/MacOS)
* [http://xchat.org/ XChat] (Windows/Linux) (Free Windows version of XChat can be downloaded [http://www.silverex.org/download/ here])
* [http://www.irssi.org/ irssi] (Windows/MacOS/Linux)
* [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode] (Windows/MacOS/Linux (Web Based IRC)
After you finish downloading and installing one of the above client
Join the IRC by [http://www.wikihow.com/Register-a-User-Name-on-Freenode registering your nickname on freenode] server and joining the #seneca-oop344 channel for 344 related dialog. Additional channels of interest: #seneca to interact with all Seneca students participating in opensource projects, and #seneca-social for Social (off-topic) dialog.
*Step 6:
Download and Install these compilers if you don't have them:
1. Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate X86 from [https://acs.senecac.on.ca/pages/download.php ACS webpage]
2. [https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~chris.szalwinski/resources/borland.html Borland c++]
3. [https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~chris.szalwinski/resources/putty.html Linux compiler]
All our codes will need to be tested on all 3 compilers.
