CPSC 120 Schedule

Reading is to be done for the class period where it is listed.

Assignments in light gray are not yet assigned and are shown for planning purposes; it is possible that dates may shift slightly.

		Assignments
Week 1: 8/28-9/1 Topics: course introduction; algorithms, decomposition, and incremental development; building blocks: coordinates, shapes, and colors; writing and running sketches

Mon	Class Materials: slides: introduction	lab 0 laptop setup

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, Introduction (especially the sections "Will this be on the test?" and "Take It One Step at a Time") Learning Processing, sections 1.1-1.5 Class Materials: slides: introduction to Processing handout: basic drawing commands examples: simple drawing

Fri	Reading: Learning Processing, chapter 2	lab 1 Introduction to Linux and Processing
Week 2: 9/4-9/8 Topics: creating scenes; interaction

Mon	Class Materials: in-class exercises (solutions: #1, alternative version of #1 with thicker lines)

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, chapter 3 Class Materials: slides: interaction comments on Monday's in-class exercises examples: three circles (for in-class exercises) in-class exercises (solutions: #2)

Fri	Class Materials: comments on Wednesday's in-class exercises	lab 2 Drawing and Interaction
Week 3: 9/11-9/15 Topics: animation

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 4.1-4.5 Class Materials: slides: animation comments on lab 1 examples: animated rectangle in-class exercises

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 4.6-4.7 Class Materials: in-class exercises (solutions: #1-3, #4)

Fri	Class Materials: comments on Wednesday's in-class exercises	lab 3 Animation
Week 4: 9/18-9/22 Topics: abstraction and modularity

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 7.1-7.6 This reading skips ahead a bit in the book so some of the examples contain constructs (like `if` statements) that we haven't covered yet - don't worry about understanding those parts. Also, our use of functions will be limited to a very specific purpose - drawing complex shapes. (The book contains a more general treatment.) Focus on the examples of functions that contain only drawing-related statements (e.g. `drawBlackCircle()`, `display()`, `drawCar(...)`) rather than those that update variables (e.g. `move()`, `bounce()`). Class Materials: slides: functions comments on lab 2 examples: using functions for organization

Wed	Class Materials: in-class exercises (solutions: #1-4, #5) snowman (for the in-class exercises)

Fri		lab 4 Modularity and Abstraction
Week 5: 9/25-9/29 Topics: debugging; making choices

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, chapter 11 As with last week's reading about functions, the examples in this chapter contain constructs and syntax we haven't covered yet. Don't worry about the details of what the particular examples are doing, but instead focus on the ideas presented in the four tips. Class Materials: slides: debugging reference: Learning Processing, appendix A has a list of common syntax and runtime error messages and what they mean comments on lab 3 in-class exercises buggy snowman (for the in-class exercises)

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 5.1-5.7 Class Materials: slides: conditionals examples: conditionals pattern - on the spot decisions red rect ("to do or not to do") red top half / bottom half (two alternatives) red corners (more than two alternatives, "do nothing" not an option) reset at edge (two alternatives) in-class exercises (solutions: #1)

Fri	midterm exam meet in Napier 102 review information	lab 5 Making Choices
Week 6: 10/2-10/6 Topics: making choices; self-similarity and fractals (recursion)

Mon	Class Materials: slides: conditionals examples: conditionals pattern - state machine color change on click: red or white rect (two alternatives) color change on click: red, white, blue rect (more than two alternatives) move right, move left (two alternatives) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #1 with "if you have time" extension, #3)

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, section 13.11 The text makes some references to "loops" and "iteration" (which we haven't covered yet) and also includes an example involving returning values from functions (which we won't cover) - don't worry about those parts! Focus on the concepts of "self-similarity" and "recursive" and the various `drawCircle()` examples. Class Materials: slides: drawing fractals (recursion, additive and replacement patterns) examples: snowman family (additive pattern) nested snowmen (additive pattern) sierpinski carpet (replacement pattern) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #2)

Fri
Week 7: 10/9-10/13 Topics: self-similarity and fractals

Mon	fall break

Wed	Class Materials: slides: comments on exam 1, labs 4 and 5 slides: drawing fractals (L-systems) examples: Koch snowflake (L-systems) plant (L-systems) in-class exercises (solutions: #1)		exam 1 redo due 10/25

Fri			lab 6 Fractals
Week 8: 10/16-10/20 Topics: complex motion

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 13.6-13.7 Learning Processing, section 5.8 Class Materials: slides: CS major and minor slides: complex motion (updating position: steady motion, random walk, acceleration, physics - gravity, bouncing, air resistance, damping) examples: (updating position) steady motion random walk acceleration physically-based motion (gravity, bouncing, air resistance, damping) in-class exercises (solutions: #1)

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 13.9-13.10 These sections get more mathematical, involving trigonometry. It's OK if you aren't familiar with `sin`, `cos`, polar coordinates and the rest of the math discussed - the key points to get out of the reading are the ideas that complex motion paths can be created by having the right equation, and the pattern in example 13-6 of local variables `x` and `y` whose values are computed using some equation. Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 5 slides: complex motion (computing position directly: random position, constrained motion, parametric equations) examples: (computing position directly) random position smooth random position (perlin noise) ramp (constrained motion) circular motion (constrained motion) in-class exercises

Fri		lab 7 Complex Motion
Week 9: 10/23-10/27 Topics: repetition (loops)

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, chapter 6 Class Materials: slides: loops (questions, `for` loop syntax) examples: stack of circles (one loop variable) diagonal line of circles (two loop variables) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #2)

Wed	Class Materials: slides: loops (counting loops) examples: four circles (counting loop) 50 circles (counting loop, direct computation rather than update) 50 circles alternative (more elegant variation for counting loops with direction computation rather than update) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #2)		midterm project Rube Goldberg Sketch

Fri		lab 8 Repetition
Week 10: 10/30-11/3 Topics: repetition (loops)

Mon	meet in Rosenberg 009

Wed	Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 7 slides: loops (loop patterns and decomposition) examples: (decomposing into loops) one loop, multiple loop variables, one thing in the loop body one loop, one loop variable, multiple things in the loop body one loop, one loop variable, multiple things in the loop body two loops, each with one loop variable and one thing in the loop body nested loops (with a drawing function instead) two nested loops animation one loop, one loop variable, multiple things in the loop body + animation one loop, one loop variable, multiple things in the loop body + animation in-class exercises

Fri		lab 9 Repetition, Again
Week 11: 11/6-11/10 Topics: more of the same (arrays)

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 9.1-9.5 Class Materials: slides: arrays (arrays and array-ifying sketches) in-class exercises (solutions: #1 - compare to the raindrop sketch below) for the in-class exercises: raindrop, goright

Wed	Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 8, Monday's in-class exercises slides: animation, loops, and arrays examples: animation, loops, and arrays single circle (no animation, no loop) row of circles (no animation, loop with one variable) staggered row of circles (no animation, loop with multiple variables) single circle, falling (animation with one set of animation variables, no loop) row of circles, falling (animation with one set of animation variables, loop with one variable) staggered row of circles, falling (animation with one set of animation variables, loop with multiple variables) single circle, bouncing (animation with one set of animation variables, no loop) row of circles, bouncing (animation with one set of animation variables, loop with one variable) staggered row of circles, bouncing (animation with arrays, loop with multiple variables) in-class exercises (solutions: #3 - compare to the goright sketch below) for the in-class exercises: goright

Fri	Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 8	lab 10 Arrays
Week 12: 11/13-11/17 Topics: behavioral animation and emergent behavior

Mon	Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 9 slides: boids and behavioral animation videos (in addition to those listed in the slides) how Massive works (software used in Lord of the Rings): part I, part II examples: boids in Processing wander (one behavior) wander + seek (multiple behaviors active at once) - seeks the mouse position wander or seek (choosing between behaviors) - seeks the mouse position when near the mouse

Wed	midterm exam review information

Fri		lab 11 Boids
Week 13: 11/20-11/24 Topics: using images

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 15.1-15.3 Images: (for the in-class exercises) images Class Materials: slides: comments on the midterm project and lab 10 slides: images (loading, displaying, using `tint()`) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #2, #3, #4)

Wed	Thanksgiving break
Fri	Thanksgiving break
Week 14: 11/27-12/1 Topics: pixel-based manipulation

Mon	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 15.5-15.6 Learning Processing, section 15.10 Class Materials: slides: exam 2 redo information and comments slides: images (accessing pixels) examples: colored dot (accessing pixels) in-class exercises (solutions: #1-2)	capstone project

Wed	Reading: Learning Processing, sections 15.7-15.8 Learning Processing, section 15.9 (optional) Class Materials: slides: images (generating images, setting pixels) examples: random image (generating images), brighten (image filter) in-class exercises (solutions: #1, #2)

Fri			lab 12 Images
Week 15: 12/4-12/8 Topics: more advanced image filters and image generation; principles of computer science; wrapup

Mon	Class Materials: slides: more advanced image filters (convolution filters) slides: raytracing (basic raytracing, lighting model)

Wed	Class Materials: slides: raytracing (recap, recursive raytracing, shadows, reflection, refraction) slides: principles of computer science

Fri	Class Materials: slides: principles of computer science
Reading Period: 12/9-12/11

Sat

Sun

Mon	Class Materials: slides: comments on lab 12 office hours 1:15-3:15pm colloquium 3:30-4:30pm Napier 201 (extra credit) Speaker: Julia Cowie Title: Creating a Makeup Finder I created a web application that matches a user with their perfect makeup products. The user can create an account to input their attributes, such as skin color, eye color, undertone, etc. and then search for a product that fits those attributes. The front-end web development is done using the Angular framework that connects to the Firebase database. Speaker: Porter Johnson Title: Finger Lakes Fishing Recommender System Project was to build a recommender system that allows Finger Lakes locals to search for top locations and species of fish when fishing in the Finger Lakes. This is possible through a full stack application implementing a hybrid recommender system trained on user submitted and generated data. Once the user prompts as recommendation, the system uses current weather data from the area to determine the top locations or species at the time.
Final Exams: 12/12-12/15

Tue	office hours 10am-noon

Wed	office hours 10am-noon

Thu	final exam 12/14 8:30-11:30am review information		exam 2 redo due 12/14 11:30am
Thu	final exam 12/14 8:30-11:30am review information	end-of-semester deadline no work accepted after 12/14 11:30am

Fri

CPSC 120 Schedule

Week 1: 8/28-9/1

Week 2: 9/4-9/8

Week 3: 9/11-9/15

Week 4: 9/18-9/22

Week 5: 9/25-9/29

Week 6: 10/2-10/6

Week 7: 10/9-10/13

Week 8: 10/16-10/20

Week 9: 10/23-10/27

Week 10: 10/30-11/3

Week 11: 11/6-11/10

Week 12: 11/13-11/17

Week 13: 11/20-11/24

Week 14: 11/27-12/1

Week 15: 12/4-12/8

Reading Period: 12/9-12/11

Final Exams: 12/12-12/15