CMPSCI 191P

Spring 2013

Introduction to Programming with Python

Professor William T. Verts

Rooms, Email, Web

• Classroom: LGRT 121, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:30PM-3:20PM
  
• Lab: Morrill III 212, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:10PM - 2:15PM
  
• Me: William T. Verts verts@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRC A357: Tu/Th 2:00-3:30
  
• TA: Jess Newman jnewman@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRC A355: MW 1:00-2:00
  
• Syllabus
• Textbook: Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python Second Edition (2010), by Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson

Notes

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• Python Structures review sheet
• JES and Python Reference
• Orthographic 3D Projection
• Notes on Filtering Images - October 5, 2011
• A Collection of old .WAV files in a .ZIP archive
• Sunrise Description
• Sunrise Quicktime Movie (2.3 megabytes) - November 17, 2011
• BounceBox, Orthographic 3D, QuickTime Movie (15.4 megabytes) - April 9, 2012
• CODE: Factorials (February 6 lecture)
• CODE: Circles using JES Graphics (February 12 lecture)
• CODE: In-Place Image Transforms (February 19 lecture)
• CODE: The Chaos Game (Sierpinski Gasket) (February 22 lecture) Image of Result
• CODE: The Bouncing Ball (March 4 lecture)
• CODE: The Bouncing Car - Hierarchical Decomposition of Sprites (March 6 lecture)
• CODE: Filter function for 3x3 neighborhoods around pixels (March 13 lecture)
• REVIEW FOR MIDTERM 1
• CODE: Image Scaling, April 5
• CODE: Geometric Blending #1, March 29
• CODE: Geometric Blending #2, April 5
• CODE: Geometric Blending #3, April 8 - documented, with polygon fill, use this for Lab #9 and #10
• CODE: HTML Generator, April 10
• Graphics Plus SVG, April 10
  
  • CODE: SVG Generator
  • What the canvas looks like
  • The corresponding SVG file (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, but not early Internet Explorer)
• CODE: Mandelbrot Set fractal, April 22

Assignments

• Lab Assignment #0 - Practice with .ZIP archives and email
• Lab Assignment #1 - First Python program and introduction to JES
• Lab Assignment #2 - Second Python program: functions and input/output, writing your own code
• Lab Assignment #3 - Third Python program: introduction to graphics, and writing your own programs
• Lab Assignment #4 - Fourth Python program: Anime Eyes
• Lab Assignment #5 - Fifth Python program: PhotoSlop Elephants part 1
• Lab Assignment #6 - Sixth Python program: PhotoSlop Elephants part 2
• Lab Assignment #7 - Seventh Python program: PhotoSlop Elephants part 3 (final part)
• Lab Assignment #8 - Eighth Python program: Fish Tank
• Lab Assignment #9 - Ninth Python program: Scroller + Movies
• Lab Assignment #10 - Tenth Python program: Sunrise Animation
• Lab Assignment #11 - Eleventh Python program: Wiggle Stereoscopy EXTRA CREDIT
• Rings.zip - Files needed for Lab #11

My Software

Links

• Dr. Bill's home page
• JES Jython programming environment

Copyright © 2011-2012 Dr. William T. Verts (All Rights Reserved)