Computer Science | Vassar College

programmer-poet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-05T15:53:50+00:00

The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures. Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself... O…

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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:

week15

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-24T16:15:37+00:00

Week 14 Wrap-up / CEQs Monday * Last class! =) :-( * Midterm II graded! * Login to Gradescope to see your grades * Stats (remember: grades are out of 75 total points (not 100)! * Minimum: 58 * Median: 70.0 * Maximum: 75

week14

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-19T05:09:31+00:00

Week 14 Higher Order Functions / Lambda / Wrap-up Monday Announcements * Midterm II: still being graded * CEQs: next Monday (last class) * Lab 9 this Friday: time devoted to working on Assignment 5: Simple Tetris * due: Mon, May 24, 11:59pm (last day of classes)

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

recipe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-08T06:12:39+00:00

Design Recipes Design Recipes from HtDP/2e: * Figure 1: The basic steps of a program design recipe * Figure 52: How to translate a data definition into a template * Figure 53: How to turn the template into a function definition * Figure 56: Designing a function for self-referential data Design Recipes from HtDP/1e: HtDP/1e (look up design recipe in the index to find the following figures) * Design Recipe for Functions * Figure 3: The design recipe: A complete example

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] *

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

week1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-17T07:17:03+00:00

Week 1 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:

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.

texts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-08T06:11:57+00:00

Supplementary Readings On writing: Strunk and White The Elements of Style bartelby.com, 1918 there is no better book on style in writing (anything) On learning to program: Friedman, Felleisen The Little Schemer: Fourth Edition MIT Press, 1996 an alternative introduction to recursive programming

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.