COMPSCI 119

Spring 2017

Introduction to Programming with Python

Professor William T. Verts

Rooms, Email, Web

• Classroom: ILC N101, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:25PM-2:15PM
  
• Me: William T. Verts verts@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRC A357: M/W 2:45-3:45, Tu 1:25-2:15
• TA: Debora Sujono dsujono@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRT 222: Tuesday 2:30-4:30
• TA: Sophie Koffler skoffler@cs.umass.edu Office Hours LGRT 222: Thursday 1:00-3:00


• Office Hours for all my Classes
• Semester Calendar


• Syllabus
• Textbook: Computer Science Companion 2016 (by me)
• Optional Textbook: Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python Fourth Edition (2015), by Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson
• Different Environments for running Python
• How to run Windows software when all you have is a Mac

Notes and Code

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• JES Reference (2 pages, February 18, 2014)
• 5000+ frame movie generated in JES showing search strategies.
• Notes 2017/01/25
• Notes 2017/01/27
• Notes 2017/01/30
• Notes 2017/02/01
• Distance1.py (2017/01/27) Original Version
• Distance2.py (2017/01/27) Split into two functions, one computational and one interactive
• Distance3.py (2017/01/27) Code Optimized
• Distance4.py (2017/01/30) Showing Parameter Names may be different
• Distance5.py (2017/01/30) Detecting bogus values (first naive attempt)
• Distance6.py (2017/01/30) Detecting bogus values (correct approach)
• Distance7.py (2017/02/01) Refactoring code, creating a new general function
• Notes 2017/02/03
• Notes 2017/02/08
• List Construction (2017/02/03)
• Notes 2017/02/10
• Simple Image Processing (2017/02/10)
• Graphics and Canvases (2017/02/10)
• Simple Graphics (2017/02/13)
• Notes 2017/02/13
• Bounce Ball (2017/02/15)
• Notes 2017/02/15
• Sierpinski Triangle (2017/02/17)
• Notes 2017/02/17
• Optimizing the Sierpinski Triangle (2017/02/22)
• Midterm 1 Review from Spring 2015
• Review Problems for Midterm 1 (2017/02/24)
• Midterm #1 Solution Key
• Notes 2017/03/01
• Notes 2017/03/03
• Notes 2017/03/06
• Notes 2017/03/08
• Command Processor plus Image Processing
• Notes 2017/03/20
• Notes 2017/03/22
• Car.gif
• DrawACar2017.py
• Notes 2017/03/24
• Factorial and Fibonacci: recursion vs. iteration
• Image Filtering (p292 in Companion)
• Midterm 2 Review
• Python generating HTML (also global variables)
• Notes 2017/04/03
• Introduction to Computational Geometry
• Computational Geometry plus Parabolas and Colors
• Introduction to 3D Projections
• 3D Projections Plus Filled Polygons
• Midterm 1 Solution Key
• Midterm 2 Solution Key
• Test Sounds - Generate Sine Waves
• Notes 2017/04/19
• Polynomials
• How tall is Stark Tower? (2017/04/24)
• YouTube Video of Stark Tower problem
• Reading from text files (2017/04/26)
• Object Oriented FishTank (2017/04/28)

Assignments

• Request My Grades
• On-Line Quizzes, Forms, and Homeworks
• Form to submit lab assignments for grading
• Lab Assignment #1 - First Python program: Hailstones
• Lab Assignment #2 - Second Python program: Anime Eyes (due Friday, February 24)
• Lab Assignment #2 Framework Code
• Lab Assignment #3 - Third Python program: Fish Tank (due March 27)
• Lab Assignment #3 Framework Code
• Lab Assignment #4 - Fourth Python program: Scroller (due April 18)
• Lab Assignment #4 Framework Code
• Lab Assignment #5 - Fifth Python program: Sunrise (due April 27 for showing in-class, final due-date May 1)
• Sunrise Description
• My Original Sunrise Quicktime Movie (2.3 megabytes) - November 17, 2011
• Lab Assignment #EX1 - EXTRA CREDIT Python program: Wiggle Stereoscopy (5 points) (Due May 1)
• Rings.zip - Files needed for Lab #EX1
• Movie showing expected result of Lab #EX1
• Lab Assignment #EX2 - EXTRA CREDIT: Monster Movie Titles (5 points) (Due May 1)

Links

• Dr. Bill's home page
• JES Jython programming environment (NEW, JES 5.02, May 2015)
• My Software Page

Copyright © 2011-2017 Dr. William T. Verts (All Rights Reserved)