The first order of business is to get your own Arduino within the first two weeks! You can either buy it or borrow it from the library at Mala Strana (only there!). If you are going to the library for the first time it might be a good idea to register first to speed up the process. There is an online registration form you may use.
The Arduino you borrowed is equipped with a FunShield which provides our user interface (buttons, LEDs, and 7seg display). To use it, you will require a Funshield.zip library. It needs to be installed once (which we will do step by step in the labs) into Arduino IDE, then you can use it as a C++ header.
Your solutions should be submitted to ReCodEx for validation and archiving. Please, always submit only solution.ino file unless specified otherwise. The teachers will use ReCodEx to give you feedback via code reviews.
ReCodEx uses a Moccarduino emulator to test your solution. It emulates the Arduino API on a functional level and provides helpers to write testing scenarios that use the FunShiled. There are certain limitations and differences from the actual Arduino hardware, please read the associated README. Furthermore:
loop(). For the same reason, delay() and similar functions from the API are disabled. Focus also on the quality of you code and check out the coding guidelines.