In this lab you will be learning the basics of how to use the Microsoft Visual C++ development environment, which provides all the tools you will need for this course: you will do this by writing a very simple C++ program, compiling it, running it, and saving it.

The program when run should simply print to the screen whatever text you choose ("Hello, world!", "Welcome to CS", "When do the card games start?" or whatever you like).

In addition, you will learn how to access your cs email address account, please use this email address or your UCR email address during this whole quarter for this course, especially when you send email to your TA or instructor. For the meantime, please contain your name and your student ID in the email.

How to start a C++ project in Microsoft Visual .net

Every submission in this course (including this program, all assignments, lab work, quizzes & exams) must include the following details at the top, otherwise your work may not be graded:

Name in the format Last name, first name

Last 4 digits of your student ID

Your UCR email address or your CS email address

Lecture section / Lab section (e.g. section 001/025)

In addition, for all lab-related submissions, include your lab id, which is your login name in this lab. This is very important, it helps us to track your work if you turnin your work improperly

Fox example:

// Course:            CS 10

// Lecture Section:   Enter your lecture section number here (001,002, etc)
// Lab Section:       Enter your lab section number here (21, 22, etc)
// Assignment #:      Enter the assignment number here (as1, lab2, etc)

// First Name:        Enter your FIRST name here (eg, John)
// Last Name:         Enter your LAST name here (eg, Doe)
// ID Number:         Enter your ID number here (eg, 12-345-678)
// Email address:     Enter your UCR email address here (eg, jdoe@cs.ucr.edu)

// ===============================================================

After the first week you will lose points for failing to observe these instructions. In fact, if enough of this information is missing or illegible, we may not be able to assign you a grade, so double check every assignment before you turn it in.

How to check  your email through the secure web server.

1.  Please go to http://www.cs.ucr.edu/mail , and type your login name and password

2. The following interface is pretty clear, it is the same as your UCR email address. you can try to send a email to your UCR email address and reply back to your CS email address.