Summer 2013 CS1301 Calendar

References

Week 1: Introduction, Background, Graphics and Functions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday May 13th	Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy) Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf HW 0 Assigned Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	Why Python is cool. GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Summer 2009 class webpage Spring 2012 class webpage. Fall 2012 class webpage Fall 2011 class webpage Spring 2011 class webpage Spring 2013 class webpage Class Video: Introduction to Class [Download .MOV] [webcast] VariablesTypesMath.ppt keywords vs. identifiers Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Graphics & User Input [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday May 15th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 157-168) (LCWR) Read Chapter 4 - Functions (thinkCSpy)	List of Python 3 Modules (look at the math module) Scribbler Dancing video. AI for Games Functions.ppt Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Functions/Review [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR). Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR) RA_Circles.pdf	Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Calico Graphics Objects Interface Calico Graphics Reference.pdf Code:face.py

Week 2: Bases, Conditonals and Iteration

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday May 20th	HW0 DUE before 11:55pm Read Chapter 5 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy Read Chapter 6 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Algorithms.ppt Code:funcs.py
Wednesday May 22nd	HW1 DUE before 11:55pm Read Chapter 7 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Code:recursiveFlee.py code:rec_factorial.py
Recitation	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming Pair Programming: HW2 Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR.	Check T-Square for your Pair Programming Assignments Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems KACB Walkway
Thursday May 23rd	Lab 1 due before 11:55pm

Week 3: May 27th-31st Compound Data Structures: Strings, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, May 27th	No class, school holiday!
Wednesday, May 29th	HW 2 due before 11:55pm Chapter 8 - Strings from ThinkCSpy. Read Chapter 19 (Exceptions) from ThinkCSpy	Dream Spark (a.k.a.) MSDN Academic Alliance Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py code:flee.py Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:fact_2_ways.py Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:get_int_calico.py
Recitation	Bring your Robots! Watch: Robot Funkytown Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR. RA: Avoid Walls	Using Robots With Calico - instructions Fluke 2 Quickstart Guide.pdf Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup

Week 4: June 3rd-7th- Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday June 3rd	HW 3 due before 11:55pm Chapter 11 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. What is Clean Code? Chapter 9 -Tuples from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt Short History of Computing.ppt Video: Programming the PDP11 Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:list_examples_calico.py Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:(Python3/Calico) bouncingBall.py Code: (Python3/Calico) BouncingBallsCalico.py Code: (Python3/Calico)keyBallsCalico.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday June 5th	HW 4 due before 11:55pm Exam Review Read everything in the Readings column above today again!	Class Video: Lists2 & Tuples [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems cs1301-fall09-exam1.pdf cs1301-fall09-exam1-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2013-answers.pdf Class Video: Review-2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python-review2.ppt VLC video player for mpeg files Review Lecture Video (1/2) Review1.mpeg Review Lecture Video (2/2) Review2.mpeg Exam2-vocab-list.txt Example Exam 2.pdf Example Exam2-answers.pdf Jeopardy Game.ppt cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2013-answers.pdf
Recitation	CountChars-RemoveT.pdf Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Chapter 7 - Behavior Control from LCWR.

TA Led Review Session: Sunday June 9th, 1pm, CULC room 152

Week 5: June 10th-15th - Exam 1 & File Input/Output (FileIO)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday June 10th	Exam 1	cs1301-exam1-summer2013.pdf cs1301-exam1-summer2013-answers.pdf
Wednesday June 12th	Lab 2 due before 11:55pm! Read Chapter 12- Modules from ThinkCSpy Read Chapter 13 - Files from ThinkCSpy Read Sections 1 & 2 (Namespaces, and Namespaces in Python), of this Webpage	Code: filter_comments.py Code: fileCopy.py Code: robotScript.py Required data file: robotCommands.txt Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data. Class Video: Reading Files [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	RA_robot_lists.pdf Read about the Pickle Module Watch Chapter 1 (A Hard Problem) of The Great Robot Race 6min 33sec. Watch Chapter 2 (The Red Army) of The Great Robot Race 7min 41sec

Week 6: June 17th-21st - Dictionaries & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, June 17th	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 11:55 pm! Read: Chapter 20 - Dictionaries from ThinkCSpy. Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	Class Video: Dictionaries [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: dictionarySpanish.py Code: letterFreq.py Code: craps.py Example Code: listDict_speed.py images.ppt Code:picture.py Code:obamicon.py
Wednesday, June 19th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code: findGreenWall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall rca4.gif - Red Wall High Res Fluke2 photos: [green] [yellow] [red] [blue] Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Recitation	FileIO-RA.pdf and robo.txt pair_programming_partner_evaluation.pdf
Thursday June 20th	HW 5 Due before 11:55pm

Week 7: June 24th - 28th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, June 24th	Read about a Linear Search "algorithm" Read about the Binary Search Algorithm Play with the insertion sort Animator or here Read about the Insertion Sort Algorithm Then see an insertion sort implemented in python	Class Video: Searching [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:bubbleSort.py Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Wednesday, June 26th	Watch an animated merge sort Read about Merge Sort. Then look at this implementation of MergeSort in Python.	Class Video: Sorting [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:sorts.py
Recitation	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg

Week 8: July 1st-5th Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, July 1st	HW 6 Due Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, July 3rd	Read Chapter 18 - Recursion from ThinkCSpy. Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Class Video: Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample Code:printComments.py Introduction to the Fibonacci sequence by Tool (Lateralus) More information about the Fibonacci series on Wikipedia Code Sample:fibonacci.py
Recitation	No Recitation July 3rd

TA Led Review Session: Sunday July 7th - 7:00pm - CULC 123

Week 9: July 8-12th - Tag Cloud Example & Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, July 8th	HW 7 (Special FX) Due before 11:55pm. Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest Exam Review	Class Video: Tag Cloud 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Sample: tagcloud.py Input file:art_of_war.txt Common words: common.txt Example output:tc_out.html Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py Class Video: Exam 3 Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Exam 3 vocab list.txt exam3-study-guide-cs1301.pdf searching_sorting_bigO_practice.pdf Simple examples shown in class cs1301-exam3-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010-answers.pdf FileIO_FunctionalProgramming.pdf Quick Reference cs1301-exam3-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2011-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2012.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2012.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2012-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2013.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2013-answers.pdf
Wednesday, July 10th	Exam 2	cs1301-exam2-summer2013.pdf cs1301-exam2-summer2013-answers.pdf
Recitation		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff Cops Indy-Dance Party Cow Death

Week 10: July 15th-18th - Starmaps and other uses of dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, July 15th	Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Python2.4.4/Idle: scan_barcode.py Code Calico/Python3: scan_barcode_calico.py Needed example barcode picture: barcode_color.gif Print your own: A-Ebarcodes.doc Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code (python2/idle):plot_stars.py Code (python3/Calico):plot_stars_calico.py stars.txt
Wednesday, July 17th	HW8 Due before recitation!	Py2EXE tutorial. Py2EXE demo files: bouncingBall.py hello.py setup.py Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail Tower of Hanoi Fancy JavaScript Games Javascript game examples with source code Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop
Recitation	Robot Performances!

Week 11: July 22nd - 26th - n-grams, Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, July 22nd		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt What we learned from 5 million books
Wednesday, July 24th	HW10 Due - NO LATE TURNIN! Read: Chapter 15 - Objects and Classes - The Basics from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py Code:cashRegister.py Code:animalsEating.py
Recitation

TA Led Review Session: Saturday July 27th: 1pm - Clough Commons Room 152

Bonus - Review Videos

Resources

Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
A Final Study Guide.pdf
Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)

Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301 in Fall 2009
FinalReviewGuideV6.2-Calico.pdf

Final Exam: Monday July 29th 8am-10:50am