notes

• week of Aug 31
  • getting started
  • tools
  • chapter 2 - writing simple programs
  • chapter 3 - computing with numbers
  • -- assignment 1 - Jim's answers
• week of Sep 7
  • -- assignment 2 - Jim's answers
  • chapter 4 - objects & graphics
  • chapter 5 - lists, strings, and files
  • -- assignment 3 - Jim's answers
  • a gallery of your procedural art
• week of Sep 14
  • -- assignment 4 - Jim's answers
  • chapter 6 - functions
  • -- assignment 5 - Jim's answers (ants go marching)
  • chapters 7 & 8 - decisions and loops
  • -- assignment 6 - Jim's answers (collatz)
• week of Sep 21
  • group projects - "the STOP game"
  • chapter 9 - simulation and design
  • -- assignment 7 - Jim's answer (craps)
• week of Sep 28
  • continuing "the STOP game" group projects
  • -- Jim's code for the STOP game
  • chapter 10 - defining objects
  • chapter 11 - data structures
  • -- example of Card, Deck, Hand as objects
  • -- example of counting words in Moby Dick with a dictionary
• week of Oct 5
  • chapter 12 - recursion
  • -- assignment 10 - Jim's answer (blackjack)
  • work on your final projects
• week of Oct 13
  • final projects ! ⬅ What we're doing now.