If you are NOT taking Test 3 right now, IGNORE THESE LINKS. But if you ARE taking Test 3, here are screenshots of Problem 3 and Problem 4.

What to do, When

Mondays	Wednesdays	Fridays
Session 1, 3/10: Introduction. Before this session, do Session 1 Preparation.	Session 2, 3/12: Input-Compute-Output. Coding to a specification. Before this session, do Session 2 Preparation. Note: This session's preparation is, BY FAR, the largest "before-the-session" work of the term. Plan a solid 1 to 2 hours to do this important work.	Session 3, 3/14: Counted loops. Objects. Application: Graphics. Before this session, do Session 3 Preparation.
Session 4, 3/17: Functions and Parameters. Accumulators: Summing. Unit testing. Writing simple tests. Test-first development. Debugging techniques, Part 1: The debugger. Before this session, do Session 4 Preparation.	Session 5, 3/19: Conditionals, Part 1: if, if-else, if-elif... Pair programming. Application: Robots I, Making a robot move. Before this session, do Session 5 Preparation.	Session 6, 3/21: Accumulators: Counting, Graphical Patterns. Writing good unit tests. Before this session, do Session 6 Preparation.
Session 7, 3/24: Debugging techniques, Part 2. Test 1 Practice. Before this session, do Session 7 Preparation.	Session 8, 3/26: Waiting for Events. Indefinite Loops. Application: Robots II, Using sensors. Before this session, do Session 8 Preparation. Test 1: Wednesday 3/26, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EVENING exam) Rooms: Section 1: Olin 167. Section 2: Olin 169. Before this test, do Session 8 Preparation. You MUST have completed Session07_Test1Practice (including its paper-and-pencil exercise) BEFORE you take Test 1. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.	Session 9, 3/28: No class.
Session 10, 3/31: Sequences. Iterating through sequences. Before this session, do Session 10 Preparation.	Session 11, 4/2: Patterns for sequences. Building sequences. Iterative enhancement. Debugging techniques, Part 3. Before this session, do Session 11 Preparation.	Session 12, 4/4: References to objects. Mutation. Conditionals, Part 2: logical operators, nested conditionals. String methods. Application: String processing. Before this session, do Session 12 Preparation.
Session 13, 4/7: Test 2 practice. Before this session, do Session 13 Preparation.	Session 14, 4/9: Optional Review for Test 2. Before taking Test 2, do Session 14 Preparation.	Session 15, 4/11: Procedural decomposition. Application: Robots III, applying procedural decomposition. Before this session, do Session 15 Preparation.
Session 16, 4/14: Procedural decomposition, Part II. Exceptions and try/except. Application: File I/O. Before this session, do Session 16 Preparation.	Session 17, 4/16: Defining classes, Part 1: Object-oriented Design. IS-A, HAS-A relationships in UML class diagrams. Defining constructors, fields, methods. What “self” means. Before this session, do Session 17 Preparation. Before taking Test 2, do Session 14 Preparation. Test 2: Thursday 4/17, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EVENING exam) Rooms: Section 1: Olin 267. Section 2: Olin 269. Before this test, do Session 14 Preparation. You MUST have completed Session13_Test2Practice (including its paper-and-pencil exercise) BEFORE you take Test 2. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.	Session 18, 4/18: Defining classes, Part 2. More practice on: Defining constructors, fields, methods. What “self” means. Inheritance. Multiple implementations of the same interface. Before this session, do Session 18 Preparation.
Session 19, 4/28: Nested Loops. Sequences of sequences. Before this session, do Session 19 Preparation.	Session 20, 4/30: Project Kickoff. Agile/Scrum: Sprints, Features. Event-Driven Programming. Tkinter I: root/mainloop, frame, buttons, responding to button-clicks. Teaming I: responsibilities. Sprint 0 begins. Before this session, do Session 20 Preparation.	Session 21, 5/2: Defining classes, Part 3. Inheritance. Extending tkinter classes. Multiple implementations of the same interface. Sprint 0 ends, Sprint 1 begins. Before this session, do Session 21 Preparation.
Session 22, 5/5: How to divide up and later integrate work: Integration testing. Tkinter II. Using classes for shared data. Teaming II: roles. Project planning at the beginning of a sprint. Sprint 1 continues. Before this session, do Session 22 Preparation.	Session 23, 5/7: Tkinter III. More GUI objects. Test 3 Practice. Sprint 1 ends, Sprint 2 begins. Before this session, do Session 23 Preparation.	Session 24, 5/9: Dictionaries. Protocols. Application: Robot speech (via IR). Sprint 2 continues. Before this session, do Session 24 Preparation.
Session 25, 5/12: Application: Image processing. Application: Multiple threads and processes. Sprint 2 continues. Before this test, do Session 25 Preparation.	Session 26, 5/14: Sprint 2 ends. Sprint 3 begins. Before this session, do Session 26 Preparation.	Session 27, 5/16: Optional class session. Meet with teammates re project. Work on project. Sprint 3 continues. Before this session, do Session 27 Preparation.
Session 28, 5/19: Work on project. Sprint 3 continues. Before this session, do Session 28 Preparation. Test 3: Tuesday 5/20, 7 to 11 p.m. (EVENING exam) Rooms: Olin 269 (but see the NOTE on its door when you arrive). See the special instructions for this test at Session 28 Preparation. You MUST have completed Session26_Test3Practice, as described at the above link, BEFORE you take Test 3. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.	Session 29, 5/21: Work on project. Sprint 3 continues. Before this session, do Session 29 Preparation. Project is due Thursday evening (May 22) at 11:59 p.m.	Session 30, 5/23: Take the second part of Test 3 in class if you have not already done so. Or, prepare for the final exam via practice problems. Before this session, do Session 30 Preparation.
OPTIONAL Final Exam: Tuesday of finals week, 1 p.m., Olin 257 and 259.

Mondays

Wednesdays

Fridays

Session 1, 3/10: Introduction.
Before this session, do Session 1 Preparation.

Session 2, 3/12: Input-Compute-Output.
Coding to a specification.
Before this session, do Session 2 Preparation.

Note: This session's preparation is, BY FAR, the largest "before-the-session" work of the term. Plan a solid 1 to 2 hours to do this important work.

Session 3, 3/14: Counted loops.
Objects.
Application: Graphics.
Before this session, do Session 3 Preparation.

Session 4, 3/17: Functions and Parameters.
Accumulators: Summing.
Unit testing.
Writing simple tests.
Test-first development.
Debugging techniques, Part 1: The debugger.
Before this session, do Session 4 Preparation.

Session 5, 3/19: Conditionals, Part 1: if, if-else, if-elif...
Pair programming.
Application: Robots I, Making a robot move.
Before this session, do Session 5 Preparation.

Session 6, 3/21: Accumulators: Counting, Graphical Patterns.
Writing good unit tests.
Before this session, do Session 6 Preparation.

Session 7, 3/24: Debugging techniques, Part 2.
Test 1 Practice.
Before this session, do Session 7 Preparation.

Session 8, 3/26: Waiting for Events.
Indefinite Loops.
Application: Robots II, Using sensors.
Before this session, do Session 8 Preparation.

Test 1: Wednesday 3/26, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EVENING exam)
Rooms: Section 1: Olin 167. Section 2: Olin 169.

Before this test, do Session 8 Preparation.

You MUST have completed Session07_Test1Practice (including its paper-and-pencil exercise) BEFORE you take Test 1. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.

Session 9, 3/28: No class.

Session 10, 3/31: Sequences.
Iterating through sequences.
Before this session, do Session 10 Preparation.

Session 11, 4/2: Patterns for sequences.
Building sequences.
Iterative enhancement.
Debugging techniques, Part 3.
Before this session, do Session 11 Preparation.

Session 12, 4/4: References to objects. Mutation.
Conditionals, Part 2: logical operators, nested conditionals.
String methods.
Application: String processing.
Before this session, do Session 12 Preparation.

Session 13, 4/7:
Test 2 practice.
Before this session, do Session 13 Preparation.

Session 14, 4/9: Optional Review for Test 2.
Before taking Test 2, do Session 14 Preparation.

Session 15, 4/11: Procedural decomposition.
Application: Robots III, applying procedural decomposition.
Before this session, do Session 15 Preparation.

Session 16, 4/14: Procedural decomposition, Part II.
Exceptions and try/except.
Application: File I/O.
Before this session, do Session 16 Preparation.

Session 17, 4/16: Defining classes, Part 1:
Object-oriented Design. IS-A, HAS-A relationships in UML class diagrams.
Defining constructors, fields, methods. What “self” means.
Before this session, do Session 17 Preparation.
Before taking Test 2, do Session 14 Preparation.

Test 2: Thursday 4/17, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EVENING exam)
Rooms: Section 1: Olin 267. Section 2: Olin 269.

Before this test, do Session 14 Preparation.

You MUST have completed Session13_Test2Practice (including its paper-and-pencil exercise) BEFORE you take Test 2. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.

Session 18, 4/18: Defining classes, Part 2.
More practice on: Defining constructors, fields, methods. What “self” means.
Inheritance.
Multiple implementations of the same interface.
Before this session, do Session 18 Preparation.

Session 19, 4/28: Nested Loops.
Sequences of sequences. Before this session, do Session 19 Preparation.

Session 20, 4/30: Project Kickoff.
Agile/Scrum: Sprints, Features.
Event-Driven Programming.
Tkinter I: root/mainloop, frame, buttons, responding to button-clicks.
Teaming I: responsibilities.

Sprint 0 begins.

Before this session, do Session 20 Preparation.

Session 21, 5/2: Defining classes, Part 3.
Inheritance. Extending tkinter classes.
Multiple implementations of the same interface.

Sprint 0 ends, Sprint 1 begins.

Before this session, do Session 21 Preparation.

Session 22, 5/5:
How to divide up and later integrate work: Integration testing.
Tkinter II. Using classes for shared data.
Teaming II: roles.
Project planning at the beginning of a sprint.

Sprint 1 continues.

Before this session, do Session 22 Preparation.

Session 23, 5/7: Tkinter III. More GUI objects.
Test 3 Practice.

Sprint 1 ends, Sprint 2 begins.

Before this session, do Session 23 Preparation.

Session 24, 5/9: Dictionaries.
Protocols.
Application: Robot speech (via IR).

Sprint 2 continues.

Before this session, do Session 24 Preparation.

Session 25, 5/12: Application: Image processing.
Application: Multiple threads and processes.

Sprint 2 continues.

Before this test, do Session 25 Preparation.

Session 26, 5/14:

Sprint 2 ends. Sprint 3 begins.

Before this session, do Session 26 Preparation.

Session 27, 5/16: Optional class session. Meet with teammates re project. Work on project.

Sprint 3 continues.

Before this session, do Session 27 Preparation.

Session 28, 5/19: Work on project.

Sprint 3 continues.

Before this session, do Session 28 Preparation.

Test 3: Tuesday 5/20, 7 to 11 p.m. (EVENING exam)
Rooms: Olin 269 (but see the NOTE on its door when you arrive).

See the special instructions for this test at Session 28 Preparation. You MUST have completed Session26_Test3Practice, as described at the above link, BEFORE you take Test 3. It is your ADMISSION TICKET to the test. Talk to your instructor if that poses a problem for you.

Session 29, 5/21: Work on project.

Sprint 3 continues.

Before this session, do Session 29 Preparation.

Project is due Thursday evening (May 22) at 11:59 p.m.

Session 30, 5/23: Take the second part of Test 3 in class if you have not already done so. Or, prepare for the final exam via practice problems.
Before this session, do Session 30 Preparation.

OPTIONAL Final Exam: Tuesday of finals week, 1 p.m., Olin 257 and 259.

Resources

The Syllabus (course policies)
The Piazza CSSE 120 discussion site — post your questions 24/7, get prompt answers from your professors, student assistants and peers!
Tools for software development, including:
- A file called EclipsePreferences.epf that contains a customization of Eclipse appropriate for CSSE 120
Graphics libraries
Robotics libraries
Your Python Capstone Project — Secret Agent Man!
Pythonic thinking — concepts from your programming language (Python) and programming in general
Processes for software development
Additional problems for practice
Materials to help you prepare for CSSE 120 exams

Pointers to cool things beyond the scope of this course!

Human (and other) Help

Students assistants are in:
- The Moench F-217 CSSE lab
- every Sunday through Thursday
- from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
They are GREAT sources of help.
All three CSSE labs – Moench F-217, F-225 and D-219 – are GREAT places to work and open to you 24/7.
- Your student ID opens their electronic doorlocks.
- They have docking stations with very nice monitors and
- upper-class peers, most (all?) of whom are fun to hang with and happy to answer your questions.
Robots are in Moench D-219.
- If you have a robot question for a student assistant, just bring the robot from D-219 to F-217 (where the student assistants hang out).
You can read and post 24/7 at the Piazza CSSE 120 web site http://piazza.com/rose-hulman/fall2013/csse120. You'll get prompt answers from your professors, student assistants and peers most hours day and night!
Visit your CSSE 120 instructor this term:
- David Mutchler: Moench F-226.
Drop in or make an appointment. See the Syllabus for their other contact information.