Competitive/Collaborative Programming Class

How do you expect to succeed if you do not know the rules?
--Anonymous
Some of the best programming is done on paper, really. Putting it into the computer is just a minor detail.
--Max Kanat-Alexander
Without requirements and design, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file.
--Louis Srygley
You are not reading this book because a teacher assigned it to you, you are reading it because you have a desire to learn, and wanting to learn is the biggest advantage you can have.
--Cory Althoff