Computer Science | Vassar College

style

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-08T06:12:59+00:00

The Style Basics In addition to following the design recipe, all code must adhere to the following basic style guidelines: * Organize your program top-down, regardless of how you actual work through your wish list. The phrase “top down” means that project files consist of a general purpose statement, a data definition and a constant definition section, a main function, followed by sections for handler functions, and wrapped up by general utility functions.

lab8

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-07T17:05:37+00:00

Lab 8 - Spring 2021 Abstraction (or, if you copy/paste, you'll be toast!) Today's lab will give you practice with abstraction, local definitions, passing functions as arguments to other functions, and generally with the satisfaction that comes from avoiding duplicate code.

lab5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-15T05:17:49+00:00

Lab 5 - Spring 2021 Sorting / More Practice with Lists The main purpose of this lab is to have: * More practice with lists: lists of strings and lists of structures (posn's) * More practice with sorting * More practice designing programs with wish lists (helper functions)

lab6

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-23T05:57:21+00:00

Lab 6 - Spring 2021 Lab #6: Call the plumber This week in class we learned about trees, and saw two examples of data definitions of trees: a rumor mill and a pipeline. We designed one function in class for a pipeline, which determined whether there was water running. We followed the Design Recipe and the data definition from the lecture notes. We developed a template for a function that consumes a pipeline, and returns a boolean value.

week2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-25T01:05:24+00:00

Week 2 Atomic Data: numbers, strings, images, and Boolean values Monday * Attendance * Office hours poll * Tue/Thu afternoons? * a) 1-3pm * b) 2-4pm * c) 3-5pm * d) 4-6pm * Questions from lab? * we will finish up Lab 1 before we begin Lab 2

lab1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-18T07:08:56+00:00

Lab 1 - Spring 2021 Introducing the Command Line, DrRacket, and GitHub The main purpose of this initial laboratory exercise is to acquaint you with * GitHub, * the DrRacket IDE, and * the procedure for submitting your work using GitHub.

assign4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-28T16:20:22+00:00

Assignment 4 - Spring 2021 Permutations Assigned: Wed, Apr 21 Due: Wed, May 5 For this assignment you will: * Follow the Design Recipe to design a series of functions that computes all the permutations of a list of numbers * Be sure to write tests for each function as you go, before you move on to the function of your wish list

assign5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-11T04:14:10+00:00

Assignment 5 - Spring 2021 Simple Tetris Assigned: Tue, May 11 Due: Mon, May 24, 11:59pm For this assignment you will design a world (big-bang) program that implements a simple version of the classic Tetris game, as described in Section 12.6 of

week8

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-08T03:23:20+00:00

Week 8 List Abbreviations, Sorting, and Multiple Lists Monday Welcome Back from Spring Recess! * Reading and Reflection: at the midpoint in the semester * from The Mythical Man-MonthWikipedia -- by Fred Brooks (Turing Award Recipient) * "The programmer, like the poet..." * Lecture 8: [PDF] [Code] * More lists

week9

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-14T19:16:32+00:00

Week 9 Sorting, Multiple Lists, Trees, Intertwined Data Monday * Assignment 3: Bouncing Balls * Due: Mon, April 19 * Lecture 9: [PDF] [Code] * Sorting a List (we covered this last week) * Multiple Complex Inputs (lecture recorded and posted in Moodle)

lab7

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-30T16:58:17+00:00

Lab 7 - Spring 2021 Intertwined Data 2: Files and Directories The main purpose of this lab is to practice * using the Design Recipe to write functions for intertwined data * we will use the Files and Directories example of intertwined data from

week5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-17T16:35:22+00:00

Week 5 Data with Varieties Monday * Attendance * Notes: * there are still a few students who haven't been checked off for lab 3 (Mar 5th) * check Campuswire channels outside of class for communications: * #office-hours, #assignments, and the Class feed

top

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-22T21:15:49+00:00

CS1: Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Sections 56-57 Vassar College, Spring 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly.

week3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-05T05:40:23+00:00

Week 3 Intervals, Itemizations, Enumerations, and Structures Monday * Attendance * Lab 2 recap: * Great lab Friday! * We covered a lot of ground! practice using: the Design Recipe, cond expressions, helper functions, wow! * But time was an issue

assign3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-21T05:20:48+00:00

Assignment 3 - Spring 2021 Bouncing Balls Assigned: Mon, Apr 5 Due: Mon, Apr 19 Wed, Apr 21, 11:59pm (extended) [bouncing balls] For this assignment you will: * Design a world (big-bang) program that displays many bouncing balls, of different sizes, colors, and velocities.

week4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-08T05:32:16+00:00

Week 4 Intervals, Itemizations, Enumerations, and Structures (cont'd) Monday * Attendance * Assignment 1 posted * Due: next Mon, Mar 15 * demo / go over the assignment * Questions? * more structures, more animals, representing a zoo (begin slide 18)

week10

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-23T06:00:53+00:00

Week 10 Trees, Intertwined Data Monday * Assignment 3: Bouncing Balls -- deadline extended: Wed, Apr 21, 11:59pm * Assignment 4: Permutations to come * Lecture 10: The Rumor Mill (cont'd from Pipeline) * [PDF] * [lec10.rkt] * [lec10-pipeline.rkt] * Lecture 11: More Realistic Rumor Mill

lab4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-09T15:59:15+00:00

Lab 4 - Spring 2021 Practice with Lists The main purpose of this lab is to practice * More practice with lists * More practice documenting functions with signature, purpose statement, examples, and check-expects How to get started * Open a browser and copy/paste this

lab3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-05T05:37:32+00:00

Lab 3 - Spring 2021 Adding a little structure to your life The main purpose of this lab is to practice * defining structures * designing functions that consume / produce structures * following the Design Recipe (as usual) How to get started

assign1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-08T05:51:01+00:00

Assignment 1 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Mon, Mar 8 Due: Mon, Mar 15 ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment * After you click on the [Accept this assignment] button, you will see a new page display in your browser with the message:

lab2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-26T18:12:31+00:00

Lab 2 - Spring 2021 Designing Functions The main purpose of this lab is to practice * using the Design Recipe to write functions * designing functions that use cond expressions * designing functions that use helper functions How to get started

assign2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-29T20:16:37+00:00

Assignment 2 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Wed, Mar 17 Due: Mon, Mar 29 Tue, Mar 30, 11:59pm ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment

week12

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-05T16:01:31+00:00

Week 12 Abstraction / Higher Order Functions Monday * No classes Vassar-wide Wednesday * Lecture 14: Abstraction, Higher Order Functions * [PDF] (continued from slide 17) * [Code] * Lecture 15: Filter, Map, Fold * [PDF] * foldr.rkt

week11

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-30T04:53:28+00:00

Week 11 Random Functions, Local Expressions / Abstraction Monday * Assignment 4: Permutations * Assigned: Wed, Apr 21 * Due: Wed, May 5 * Whiteboard notes: * Questions? * Lecture 13: Random functions and Local expressions * [PDF] *

week7

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-29T20:15:17+00:00

Week 7 Midterm back, More Lists Monday * Midterm I: handed back! * results published in Gradescope * Assignment 2: * Happy Cat * due: Tue, Mar 30, 11:59 (before mid-semester recess) * questions? * Lecture 8: [PDF] [Code] * More lists and list functions

week6

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-03-24T17:13:51+00:00

Week 6 Lists / Midterm I (and Review) Monday * Midterm Exam this Friday * Gradescope: * use your email address to login * Review this Wednesday (sample exam and solutions already posted) * Assignment 2: * Happy Cat * due: next Monday, March 29

week13

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-12T18:14:38+00:00

Week 13 Higher Order Functions / Midterm II (and Review) Monday * Midterm Exam II this Friday * Gradescope: * use your email address to login (same as for Midterm I) * this will be the last exam of the semester! * Review this Wednesday