CSSE120 – Introduction to Software Development (Robotics sections)

Fall 2011-2012 (a.k.a. 201210)

Schedule Overview

Due dates	Programming problems at one session are due at 8 a.m. of the day of the next session. Exception: Programming problems assigned Monday may be turned in any time before Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Due dates	All other work assigned at one session is due at the beginning of the next session.

Schedule last updated Tue Sep 6.

Week	Session	Topics	HW Due	HW Assigned	Resources
0	1 Thu Sep 1 Details	What it means to do: Software Engineering Software development What a program is Some key programming primitives Introductions to: Eclipse, our IDE (Interactive Developement Environment) Version control Python, our programming language How to use Eclipse to: Execute statements in a Python shell Get a program from a repository Run a program and view its output Edit a program to make it behave differently		HW 1	The official Python documentation This is for the most current version of Python 3. The Library Reference link on that page (subtitled keep this under your pillow) takes you to the Python Standard Library, which is a huge collection of Python modules, classes and functions.
1	2 Mon Sep 5 Details	Expressions Types: ints, floats and strings Assigning values to variables Input and output Input-compute-output programs Calling functions and capturing returned values Using Eclipse to correct error messages	HW 1	HW 2
1	3 Tue Sep 6 Details	Objects Constructing objects Calling methods vs calling functions zellegraphics as an application of using objects Counted loops and range expressions	HW 2	HW 3	Mr. Zelle's own description of zellegraphics Warning: This document is out of date and has some errors. (But it's mostly correct.) A list and pictures of zellegraphics colors Actually, the colors of Python's Tk module, upon which zellegraphics is based. The Python Standard Library, a huge collection of Python modules, classes and functions
1	4 Thu Sep 8 Details	Defining your own functions with: parameters returned values Why to do so. How to do so. Coding to a specification, design by contract The Create robots as an application of using objects	HW 3	HW 4
2	5 Mon Sep 12 Details	The Accumulator Pattern applied to: Graphics applications Robot navigation applications Practice at everything so far	HW 4	HW 5
2	6 Tue Sep 13 Details	Conditionals Accumulator patterns: Summing, counting	HW 5	HW 6
2	7 Thu Sep 15 Details	Sequences (iterators): Lists and Strings Accumulator patterns with sequences	HW 6	HW 7
3	8 Mon Sep 19 Details	Mutators What does it mean to mutate an object? What are references (pointers)? What really happens when a function is called Tuples Exam 1 (in-class, date may change)	HW 7	HW 8
3	9 Tue Sep 20 Details	WHILE loops The wait-for-event pattern And robot applications thereof	HW 8	HW 9
3	10 Thu Sep 22 Details	String processing File processing	HW 9	HW 10
4	11 Mon Sep 26 Details	Top-down design	HW 10	HW 11
4	12 Tue Sep 27 Details	Implementing your own classes Exam 2 (in-class, date may change)	HW 11	HW 12
4	13 Thu Sep 29 Details	Project Kickoff Teaming Software development processes	HW 12	HW 13
5	14 Mon Oct 3 Details	Event-driven programming GUI (graphical user interface) programming Dictionaries	HW 13	HW 14
5	15 Tue Oct 4 Details	Teaming, revisited	HW 14	HW 15
5	16 Thu Oct 6 Details	Sprint 1 ends More GUI programming	HW 15	HW 16
6	17 Mon Oct 10 Details	Nested loops Sequences of sequences	HW 16	HW 17
6	18 Tue Oct 11 Details	Project time	HW 17	HW 18
7	19 Mon Oct 17 Details	Sprint 2 ends	HW 18	HW 19
7	20 Tue Oct 18 Details	Project time	HW 19	HW 20
7	21 Thu Oct 20 Details	Exam 3 (evening exam)	HW 20	HW 21
8	22 Mon Oct 24 Details	Sprint 3 ends	HW 21	HW 22
8	23 Tue Oct 25 Details	Introduction to the C programming language input and output arithmetic expressions loops (FOR and WHILE) types functions: calling and defining	HW 22	HW 23
8	24 Thu Oct 27 Details	C: Structures	HW 23	HW 24
9	25 Mon Oct 31 Details	C: Pointers	HW 24	HW 25
9	26 Tue Nov 1 Details	C: Arrays and their relationship to pointers	HW 25	HW 26
9	27 Thu Nov 3 Details	C: Two-dimensional arrays Ascii Art project kickoff	HW 26	HW 27
10	28 Mon Nov 7 Details	C: File input and output C: Strings	HW 27	HW 28
10	29 Tue Nov 8 Details	C: Dynamic memory allocation	HW 28	HW 29
10	30 Thu Nov 10 Details	Ascii Art project is due	HW 29	None.