SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE Steve Houk, Instructor of Computer Science E-mail me at: sbhouk@pipeline.sbcc.edu SBCC Department of Computer Science Home Page Pipeline Login Course Textbook CS 140 Absolute C++, 4th Edition., Savitch, Addison Wesley, 2010 Course Smart Online Textbook Login Course Information CS140 Object-Oriented Programming in C++ Spring 2010 CS140 Course Materials C# for C++ Programmers Links C# FAQ for C++ Programmers, by Andy McMullan C# for C++ Programmers, Microsoft What You Need to Know to Move from C++ to C#, by Jesse Liberty C# for Java Programmers Links C# for Java Programmers, by Jeremy Singer C# 4 Java Programmers, blog A Comparison of Microsofts's C# Programming Language to Sun Microsystems' Java Programming Language, by Dare Obasanjo Misc Links Download Microsoft Visual Studio Express - Free Coding for Fun Website (MSDN) Ten Must Have Tools for .NET Developers (MSDN) C# Help at CodeGuru.com C++ Help at CodeGuru.com Areas of Interest Computer and Information Technology for Social Networking Computer Accessibility for the Handicapped Technology Aids for Environmental Resource Conservation Space Based Earth Resource Exploration Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Patterns Video Games for Education Multimedia and Video Game Development Realtime Embedded Systems Education Master of Science in Computer Science Research Focus: Hypertext Multimedia Technologies and Distributed Parallel Architectures Bachelor of Arts in Studio and Graphic Arts Secondary Focus: Computer Aided Drafting, Computer Information Systems and Digital Electronics Links to Some of the Organizations or Projects I've worked for Sensus Corporation - Technology for Environmental Resource Conservation NASA - I have worked on several NASA Projects (see below) NPOES VIIRS - Earth Imaging Satellite Mars Rover Mission - Mars Geological Surveying Equipment (launched 2003) MODIS on the Terra EOS Satellite - Earth Environmental Imaging Satellite (launched 1999) VIRS on the TRMM Earth Satellite - Tropical Rainfall Imaging Equipment (launched 1997) Earth Observer One Satellite - Earth Natural Resources Imaging Satellite Arizona State University - Contract Developer for MiniTES on Mars Surveyor Mission Raytheon Systems Company - Senior Software Engineer Hughes Aircraft Company - Embedded Software for Space Based Instruments Rockwell International - Railroad Locomotive Computer Systems American Dynamics - Software for Video Surveillance Systems RCA Corporation - Helped Develop 1st Generation Home Computers and Video Game Systems (Studio II)