Welcome to CS343S!

This is a new design-studio course for the creation of domain-specific languages (DSLs). We will start with lectures teaching fundamental skills for designing and implementing DSLs, followed by a long term project designing and implementing a DSL of the student's choice. The course will particularly emphasize the role that languages can play in tasks that we do not usually think of as programming, such as DSLs for knitting patterns or geometric constructions.

It is being held for the first time in Spring 2024.

Logistics

• Class: Monday & Wednesday, 3pm-4:20pm, Littlefield 107 (mandatory)
• Office Hours:
  • AJ: 11am-12pm Tuesdays, Gates 4B lounge (near Gates 488)
  • Alex: 4pm-5pm Tuesdays, Gates 4B lounge (near Gates 488)
  • Evan: 1pm-2pm, Wednesdays, Gates 4B lounge (near Gates 488)
  • Matthew: 2pm-3pm Thursday, Gates 478
• Submissions: Gradescope (code: JKY3J3)
• Announcements, Q&A: Ed (join)
• Anonymous feedback: form
• Staff: (all reachable at cs343s@cs.stanford.edu)
  • AJ Root (email on site)
  • Alex Ozdemir (email on site)
  • Evan Laufer
  • Matthew Sotoudeh

Assignments

• External Lab (10% of grade)
• Project (50% total)
• brainstorming (5%)
• proposal (5%)
• demo (in-class) + usage workshop (10%)
• presentation (in-class) (15%)
• final implementation & documentation (20%)
• Internal Lab (10%)
• Clinic I (5%)
• Clinic II (5%)
• Participation (15%)

Grading breakdown is subject to change.

Class Schedule

All deadlines are at 11:59pm, except in-class presentations. The schedule is subject to change, and events marked with (?) are explicitly tentative.