CSSE120 – Introduction to Software Development (Robotics sections)

Spring 2011-2012 (a.k.a. 201230)

Schedule Overview

Due dates	Homework assigned Tuesday is due at the beginning of class Thursday.	Wednesday's are work sessions, with no additional homework assigned on them.	Homework assigned Thursday is due the following Monday morning (but try hard to complete any reading by Friday's class time).	Homework assigned Friday is due at the beginning of class the following Tuesday.

Schedule last updated Tue Apr 17.

Week	Session	Topics	HW Due	HW Assigned	Resources
1	1 Tue Mar 6 Details	What it means to do: Software Engineering Software development What a program is Some key programming primitives Calling functions Assigning values to variables Loops Defining your own functions Input and output Documentation Introductions to: Eclipse, our IDE (Interactive Developement Environment) 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	An annotated Input-Compute-Ouput program Today's handouts for Getting Started in Eclipse and Python Today's slides Today's in-class quiz 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 Thu Mar 8 Details	Expressions Evaluating expressions involving arithmetic Precedence of operators for arithmetic Parentheses in 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 due	HW 2 assigned	An annotated Input-Compute-Ouput program Today's handout on Concepts: Objects, Types, Values and Variables Today's handout on Concept: Calling Functions Today's slides Today's in-class quiz
1	3 Fri Mar 9 Details	Classes and Objects Constructing objects Calling methods Using instance variables zellegraphics as an application of using objects Counted loops and range expressions	HW 2 due	HW 3 assigned	Today's handout on Concept: Using Objects Today's slides Today's in-class quiz 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 Zelle's own description of zellegraphics Warning: This document is out of date and has some errors.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
2	4 Tue Mar 13 Details	Defining your own functions with: parameters returned values Why to do so. How to do so.	HW 3 due	HW 4 assigned	Today's handout on Concept: Functions with Parameters, and Namespaces Today's in-class quiz
2	5 Thu Mar 15 Details	Conditionals (if and if-else) The Accumulator Pattern applied to: Summing Counting Graphics applications Robot navigation applications Coding to a specification, design by contract, functions for testing The Create robots as an application of using objects Practice at everything so far	HW 4 due	HW 5 assigned	How to Install the Create Simulator (but it is probably already installed on your laptop) Today's in-class quiz
2	6 Fri Mar 16 Details	Conditionals Accumulator patterns: Summing, counting	HW 5 due	HW 6 assigned
3	7 Tue Mar 20 Details	Sequences (iterators): Lists and Strings Accumulator patterns with sequences	HW 6 due	HW 7 assigned
3	8 Thu Mar 22 Details	Tuples Accumulator patterns with sequences	HW 7 due	HW 8 assigned
3	9 Fri Mar 23 Details	Test 1 Practice WHILE loops The wait-for-event pattern And robot applications thereof	HW 8 due	HW 9 assigned
4	10 Tue Mar 27 Details	Test 1 More practice on Sequences	HW 9 due	HW 10 assigned
4	11 Thu Mar 29 Details	Pointers and mutation What does it mean to mutate an object? What are references (pointers)? What really happens when a function is called	HW 10 due	HW 11 assigned
4	12 Fri Mar 30 Details	Nested loops (loops within loops)	HW 11 due	HW 12 assigned
5	13 Tue Apr 10 Details	Top-down design, bottom-up implementation Iterative enhancement Practice at implementing a larger project	HW 12 due	HW 13 assigned
5	14 Thu Apr 12 Details	Practice Project Teaming Divide and conquer for coding Coding independently of teammates Integrating your code with teammates' code	HW 13 due	HW 14 assigned
5	15 Fri Apr 13 Details	Project Kickoff Software development processes, Release Plans Event-driven programming GUI (graphical user interface) programming Teaming, revisited	HW 14 due	HW 15 assigned
6	16 Tue Apr 17 Details	Defining your own class to bundle data More GUI programming	HW 15 due	HW 16 assigned
6	17 Thu Apr 19 Details	Sprint 1 ends Sequences of sequences	HW 16 due	HW 17 assigned
6	18 Fri Apr 20 Details	Practice for Test 2 Project time	HW 17 due	HW 18 assigned
7	19 Tue Apr 24 Details	Test 2 (in class)	HW 18 due	HW 19 assigned
7	20 Thu Apr 26 Details	Sprint 2 ends Project time	HW 19 due	HW 20 assigned
7	21 Fri Apr 27 Details	Project time	HW 20 due	HW 21 assigned
8	22 Tue May 1 Details	Exam 3 (evening exam)	HW 21 due	HW 22 assigned
8	23 Thu May 3 Details	Sprint 3 ends at (about) 11 p.m. Project time	HW 22 due	HW 23 assigned
8	24 Fri May 4 Details	C: Introduction to the C programming language input and output arithmetic expressions loops (FOR and WHILE) types functions: calling and defining	HW 23 due	HW 24 assigned
9	25 Tue May 8 Details	C: Arrays	HW 24 due	HW 25 assigned
9	26 Thu May 10 Details	C: Structures	HW 25 due	HW 26 assigned
9	27 Fri May 11 Details	C: Two-dimensional arrays C: Nested FOR loops C: Ascii Art project kickoff	HW 26 due	HW 27 assigned
10	28 Tue May 15 Details	Pointers Mutation, arrays as pointers C: File input and output C: Strings	HW 27 due	HW 28 assigned
10	29 Thu May 17 Details	C: Dynamic memory allocation	HW 28 due	HW 29 assigned
10	30 Fri May 18 Details	Ascii Art project is due	HW 29	None.