Saint Louis University |
Computer Science 144
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Dept. of Math & Computer Science |
Also note: For each lecture, we denote both a topic as well as the associated reading in the textbook. The live link on the 'topic' leads to a page of my personal notes for that lecture. Those personal notes are not nearly as complete or polished as the associated readings from the text. In truth, they exist mostly to provide a brief outline of the day's lecture. Students are expected to read the associated sections of the text. In cases where my notes include material which is not explicitly in the text, I will add the word "notes" to the explicit reading list.
| Day | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Tues, Jan 13 | Introduction, Course Overview |
slides
syllabus Getting Started tutorial Ch. 1 of text |
| Thur, Jan 15 |
Drawing basics: canvas, colors, shapes, coordinate systems
Processing commands: size, background, point, line, triangle, rectangle, quad, ellipse, stroke, fill, noFill, smooth, nosmooth In-class Activity: drawing practice |
slides
my (brief) notes good cheatsheet Pages 33-39 and 44-47 of Ch. 2 of text |
| Tues, Jan 20 |
Better program design:
variables, scale invariance, comments, naming conventions
Built-in Processing variables: width, height Additional Processing commands: text, textSize, textAlign Revisions to Mondrian (v2, v3) In-class Activity: smiley face |
slides
pages 40-43 and 48-63 of Ch. 2 of text |
| Thur, Jan 22 |
Repetition with While Loops, For Loops
In-class Examples/Activity: Fun With Loops |
while loop syntax
for loop syntax skim pages 88-91 of text |
| Tues, Jan 27 |
Getting (inter)active!
Processing functions: setup(), draw(), frameRate(), mouseDragged(, mousePressed(), mouseReleased(), mouseClicked(), keyTyped(), keyPressed() Processing variables: mouseX, mouseY, mousePressed, keyPressed, key, frameCount programming concepts: functions, global vs local scope of variables In-class Examples/Activity: active sketches |
slides |
| Thur, Jan 29 |
More control structures:
review of loops; conditionals, user-defined functions
In-class Examples/Activities: control structures |
slides |
| Tues, Feb 3 |
Polygons, Curves
In-class Examples/Activities: polygons and curves |
slides
beginShape() reference curves tutorial Far more detailed exploration on pages 124-147 of text |
| Thur, Feb 5 |
Converting from Polar to Cartesian coordinates
Transformations: Translation, Rotation, Scale Commands: translate, rotate, scale, pushMatrix, popMatrix Brief introduction to Processing's String type In-class Examples/Activities: trigonometry and transformations |
slides
trig review transformation tutorial |
| Tues, Feb 10 | (continuation of previous day) | |
| Thur, Feb 12 |
Arrays: declaring, initializing, indexing, looping, parameter passing
In-class Examples/Activities: arrays |
pages 149-158, 164-165 of Ch. 5 of text
slides |
| Tues, Feb 17 |
Using arrays to repaint the canvas
In-class Examples/Activities: arrays |
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| Thur, Feb 19 |
Working with images
In-class Examples/Activities: images |
pp. 311-347 of Ch. 9 of text
pp. 369-389 of Ch. 10 of text my notes PImage reference |
| Tues, Feb 24 |
Working with images (continued)
In-class Examples/Activities: images |
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| Thur, Feb 26 |
Masking techniques, Chroma keying
In-class Examples/Activities: masking |
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| Tues, Mar 3 | review | |
| Thur, Mar 5 | First Exam - info | |
| Tues, Mar 10 | No Class: Spring Break | |
| Thur, Mar 12 | ||
| Tues, Mar 17 | Beginning Project 4 | |
| Thur, Mar 19 |
Using convolutions for advanced filters
In-class Examples: convolution.zip |
pp. 390-399 of Ch. 10 of text |
| Tues, Mar 24 |
Working with characters and strings.
Rendering text. Basic file usage. Case Study: Speed Reading |
my notes
Processing tutorial on Strings/Text Processing tutorial on data files |
| Thur, Mar 26 |
Data Visualization
Case Study: Word Clouds (our implementation) |
Ch. 7 of the book
(however we've reimplemented the project) |
| Tues, Mar 31 | In-class activity: Improvements to Word Cloud case study | |
| Thur, Apr 2 | No Class: Easter Break | |
| Tues, Apr 7 |
Data Visulization
Case Study: Pie Charts |
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| Thur, Apr 9 |
Data Visulization
Case Study: Graphing stock prices |
pp. 166-174 of text
(and associated code) |
| Tues, Apr 14 |
Gathering data from Yahoo
My code: yahoo.pde (or as formatted pdf) |
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| Thur, Apr 16 |
Recursion
Examples: recursion |
Ch. 8 |
| Tues, Apr 21 | Recursion with L-Systems (software) | Ch. 8 |
| Thur, Apr 23 |
Sound Processing
Example: my basic player |
notes |
| Tues, Apr 28 | showcase of Project 5 | |
| Thur, Apr 30 | student evaluations; review | |
| Mon, May 11 | Project Showcase (2:00-3:00) (optional) | |
| Tues, May 12 | Final Exam (12:00-1:50) ( info ) | |