• 3 Credits
• Tues noon-2:40pm
• 55 W 13th Street, room 405
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• Phone: 646-246-5999
• Office Hours: 540 West 21st Street. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2-4pm by appointment
• Course Description

NOTE: this is the only part of the class where I expect you to write your own code without help from your classmates. For these assignments, please email me your source code.

• Introductions
• Description and Evaluation
• Common Errors and Useful Code - We will see if these pages prove to be useful. +1 and +3 points respectively for contributions to each.
• Lesson 1 - c++ Basics - Hopefully just about all of this is stuff that you already know. This will be a refresher.
  • Basic Syntax
  • Variables
  • Compiling
  • Control Structures
  • Functions
• Go over Test 1 - The Basics
• Start Assignment 1 in class
• Homework
  • Assignment 1
  • Questionnaire
  • go to Knitting Circle on Saturday! (+5 points)

• Office hours
• Revised syllabus
  • Please don't get ahead with the homework - the syllabus is still changing. If this is a problem for you, please let me know and we can work something out.
• Knitting circle?
• Questions about homework?
• Continue with c++ Basics Part 2
  • Nested Loops
  • Casting
  • Arrays
  • Homework
    • Assignment 2 - At 2:15 you should start on your homework. Please remind me if I forget.
    • Fill out the questionnaire if you haven't already

• Homework questions
• More revised syllaybs
• Please send assignments to address above
• c++ Basics Part 3
  • Strings
  • Structs
  • Pointers
• Homework
  • Assignment

• c++ Basics Part 4
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Quick pointers review
  • memory.cpp
  • the “new” operator
• Review for Test - Ask your questions now
• Homework
  • Study for test next week on:
    • primitive types (ints, floats, chars, longs)
    • loops (for, while, do while)
    • if and switch statements
    • namespaces
    • functions
    • nested loops
    • casting
    • arrays
    • structs
    • pointers
    • the 'new' operator
    • classes/objects
  • Vote on a date for a review session

• Start downloading openFrameworks
• Test 1 - The Basics
• Welcome to Part 2 of the class!
• no more leniency with late homework
• Lesson 2 - oF Basics
• Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and Openframeworks - Get it!
• I am going to be gone next week, and my substitute had to back out, so I am going to put some kind of instructions on basic drawing in openFrameworks on the wiki. I recommend that you come to the classroom and all go through it together, but I'm not going to require it.
• Homework
  • Assignment

• Lesson 3 - Drawing
• Homework
  • Assignment

• Lesson 4 - Making Movement
• Homework:
  • Assignment

• Lesson 5 - Dealing with Images
• Homework:

• Lesson 6 - Introduction to Video
• Homework:

• Homework
  • Pick a project that you want to polish.
  • Gather your assignments in a presentable format

• Class Critique - present your prototypes and share your idea for your final project.
• Welcome to Part 3!
• The XCode Debugger
• Homework:
  • Study for test next week

• Test 2 - Advanced Concepts
• Optimization

• EXTRA GOODIES - TBD

• Final Presentations