====== Week 1 ======

~~NOTOC~~

===== How to Program =====

==== Monday ====

**No class**

==== Wednesday ====

  * Introductions
  * Syllabus \\ \\

  * Coaches for this semester
    * //to be announced//
    * Introductions: this Friday
    * Coaching hours will be posted---see the link in the sidebar \\ \\ 

  * How to read HtDP/2e:
    * Don't just read!
    * Keep DrRacket open and try things out as you read about them!  :-)
    * I will try to model that today and throughout
    * Computer Scientists are scientists, and scientists experiment / follow the scientific method \\ \\ 

**Animations**

  * Let's make a movie! 
    * Prologue of HtDP/2e: How to Program
    * Rocket landing
    * Iterative refinement: start simple, gradually improve, make more readable, easier to understand, and modify \\ \\ 

**Homework**

  * Preparation for lab on Friday:
    * install DrRacket on your computer
  * The Design Recipe
    * systematic program design
    * fill out your recipe cards for next class
      * copy the steps from Figure 1: [[https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html#%28counter._%28figure._fig~3athe-design-recipe%29%29|The basic steps of a function design recipe]]
      * bring to every class! 
  * Active readings for next week:
    * Prolog of HtDP/2e (for this week)
    * Section I, chapters 1-3 (for next week)

 ==== Friday ====

  * Finish the Rocket landing demos \\ \\

  * Lab 1 today
  * Coach introductions: //to be announced...//
  * Matt Tarantino, CS Department System Administrator
    * for those students who would like to have a Linux account
    * not required for this semester due to Covid and remote attendance (not physically in lab)
    * we will install and run DrRacket on your notebook computer
  * Do the lab
  * Submit the lab (via GitHub)