CS 110 Syllabus

All information in the future is subject to change, though this calendar represents my aims.

#	Date	Topic	Reading	Examples	Assignments	Lab	Extras
1	8/29	Introductions Processing Coordinates Drawing primitives	Selections from Chapter 1. Chapter 2, pp. 33-48.	Oren coords	Install Processing Sign up for Piazza	Lab 1: Drawing primitives Lab 1 Self-Assesmment
2	8/31	More drawing primitives Color Documentation	Reading for class 2	GiorgioMorandi Ladybug Ndebele Penguin SouthParkCharacter Sushi arcEditor bezierEditor curveEditor rgba	Assignment 1 out		Can’t remember a command? Check out `Reference` from the `Help` menu.
	9/5	Labor day: no class				Draw a Pac-Man Processing Tutorial – Color
3	9/7	Interactivity Variables Primitive data types Expressions	Chapter 3, pp. 65-81	Lines MouseCircles Ticks imageExample numClicks rectMode	Complete survey before Monday’s class
4	9/12	Transformations Functions	Ch. 3, pp. 81-106. As with other reading selections, I do not expect you to understand this all at a first glance. We will review trigonometry in class!	FunctionFace MatrixFace ParamsFace Transformations Translate	Assignment 1 due Assignment 2 out	Lab 3: Transformations	Class 4 notes
5	9/14	Parameters Expressions	No new reading	Expressions If Square TicksDown			Class 5 practice
6	9/19	Conditionals `for` `while`				Lab 4: Iteration
7	9/21				Assignment 2 due Assignment 3 out
8	9/26	Trigonometry		Clover Star StarPractice1 StarPractice2 StarPractice3 StarPractice4 StarPractice5		Lab 5: Trig Lab 5 Solution	Class 8 practice
9	9/28	Tracing variables Review for exam		CaromingBall GravityBall RandomBall	Practice exam 1 (ungraded) out		Tracing practice
10	10/3	Review for exam		InteractiveVase Transformations Vase	Assignment 3 due	Lab 6: Exam review All labs on Mon/Tue	Practice exam 1 solution
11	10/5	Exam 1				No labs on Wed/Thu
	10/10	FALL BREAK
	10/12	FALL BREAK
12	10/17	Arrays `return`	Chapter 5, pp. 149-159, 161-163	MouseTrail Randoms Randoms2 SumSquares TenRects	Review exam for next class	Lab 7: Arrays Lab 7 solution	Extra array exercises
13	10/19	Exam 1 review Arrays	Chapter 5, pp. 164-180	Balloons IsPrime	Assignment 4 out		Exam 1 solution
14	10/24	Data visualization Files				Lab 8: Visualization	Alice.pde alice.txt String exercises String solutions
15	10/26	Data visualization					DataVis.pde dataset
16	10/31	Objects	Chapter 6, pp. 187-195	BouncingBalls TenRectsClasses		Lab 9: Array recipes	Data visualization slides from Prof. Kumar
17	11/2	Objects		OneBalloon OnePoppingBalloon		Array recipes solution
18	11/7	Java memory model	Chapter 6, pp. 196-214	BalloonsClasses NullBall	Assignment 4 due Assignment 5 out	Lab 10: OOP with Ghosts	Aliasing exercise Ball.pde MutableInteger.pde
19	11/9	Inheritance	Chapter 6, pp. 223-232 (pp. 215-222 are interesting but unnecessary)	Interfaces
20	11/14	Interfaces Recursion	Chapter 8, pp. 277-291			Lab 11: Text processing	Interface practice RecursionExamples.pde Recursion practice
21	11/16	Recursion	Chapter 8, pp. 292-309 (interesting but not strictly necessary)	Tree			Practice exercises
22	11/21	Interfaces			Assignment 5 due Assignment 6 out	Lab 12: CodingBat
23	11/23	Haskell					Haskell exercises
24	11/28	Breakout		Breakout		Lab 13: Recursion
25	11/30	Review			Assignment 6 due	Lab 13 solution	Practice exam 2 Practice exam 2 solution
26	12/5	Review			Assignment revisions due	Lab 14: Exam review All labs on Mon/Tue
27	12/7	Exam 2				No labs on Wed/Thu

There will be no assessment during the exams period. The Exam 2, on December 7, will be the last requirement for this course.