Fundamentals of Computer Science

Here is code from today's lecture.

Here is an interface for sets. Assuming the data definition for sets that's included in this file (which represents sets using lists with duplicates allowed), design the functions listed in the file.

Here is code from last Thursday's lecture (Feb 27).

Code from the last three lectures is here, here, and here.

The date for Exam 2 is changed to Thursday, March 20, time is still 6-8pm.

Here are some hints about velocity that you will find useful for Missile Defense.

• Some students have had questions about what it means to represent velocity as a
  (make-posn Number Number). Here is an interpretation:
  A velocity (make-posn dx dy) means that after one clock tick, assuming no collisions, the sprite will have moved by dx pixels on the x-axis and by dy pixels on the y-axis. In other words, if the position of a sprite is (make-posn x y) and the sprite's velocity is (make-posn dx dy), that means that after one clock tick, we expect the sprite to be at position (make-posn (+ x dx) (+ y dy)).
• Here's how to calculate velocity when you generate a new sprite (missile or bullet):
  For a sprite that is going from coordinate (fx,fy) to coordinate (tx,ty) at a speed of n pixels per clock tick (where n is a Number), if d is the distance between points (fx,fy) and (tx,ty), the velocity can be calculated using the following formula:
  (make-posn (* (- tx fx) (/ n d)) (* (- ty fy) (/ n d))).
  Recall that the assignment already tells you how to calculate the distance between two points.

Pedro's office hours are changed to Friday, 9:30-11:30am for this week only.

Alex Jolly's office hours have been changed to Friday, 4-6pm for the rest of the semester.

Here is the latest code for the Snake game. Try to finish the game on your own. Design and test eat&grow next. I've added a simple world->world function (see comments in code) which you'll have to modify to handle eating. After that, the main work left is in designing the key-handler and the collision detection and game-over? functions.

Here is code for the Snake game from today's lecture.

Here is code for the Snake game from today's lecture.

Because lab was cancelled yesterday, the next partner switch will take place in lab next week. You should work on Problem Set 5 with your current partner.

Here is the phone book code from today's lecture: phone-book.rkt

Here is code from today's lecture.

One of the leader's of the review session sent in the code from the review session for your perusal: testprep1.rkt

If you weren't in lab to pick up homework 1, you can pick them up from William during his office hours, or you can try stopping by WVH 330 and hope he's there.

Here is code from today's lecture.

The exam review session is tonight, Feb 3, 7-9pm. We have two rooms reserved.

• Go to 135 SH if your last initial is A-M
• Go to 335 SH if your last initial is N-Z

Due to some confusion about the handin server's warning regarding test cases, the handin server will no longer warn you if there are untested parts of your code. You should run the code and DrRacket, and check that there are no (or very few) black highlighted chunks of code.

Exam 1 is on Thursday, Feb 6, 6-8pm in 200 Richards for both sections. There will be an exam review on Monday, Feb 3 from 7-9pm, room to be determined.

Here is an old exam you can use to study. Keep in mind that this was a 65 minute exam, so the exam on Thursday will be slightly longer.

Here is an ISL Template Quiz Generator that you can also use to study. Choose Intermediate Student Language in DrRacket, then copy and paste into DrRacket and click Run and evaluate (generate-quiz n) for any natural number n.

Here is code from today's lecture.

Starting tomorrow, Prof. Ahmed will hold office hours on Thursdays from 1:30pm to 2:30pm to avoid a conflict with weekly faculty meetings.

You can find the code for the Stop-and-Go game here

Due to excessive demand and insufficient space, William Bowman's office hours have moved to the 3rd floor space near 366 WVH.

Here is the horsecart animation redone following the design recipe and here is code from today's lecture.

William Bowman will be out of town, so Alex Jolly will be holding additional office hours in 102. Many thank Alex!

We will have a combined lecture for both sections of CS2500 in 101 Churchill Hall at 10:30am on Thursday, 1/23/14. Make sure to go there instead of 105 or 305 Shillman.

Problem 4 is now marked as extra credit, so it is optional.

You must register for a lab section (CS 2501) Be sure to print and sign the Course Contract and bring it to your first lab session.

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