CS 420 Course Materials
Fall 2022

General

• Syllabus.
• Integrity in My Computer Science Courses.

Reading Assignments

• Week 1
  Aug. 30: Chapter 1, 2.1--2.7.
  Sept. 1: 2.8--2.12.
• Week 2
  Sept. 6: 3.1--3.7.
  Sept. 8: 3.8--3.15.
• Week 3
  Sept. 13: 4.1--4.4.
  Sept. 15: No reading.
• Week 4
  Sept. 20: No reading.
  Sept. 22: 4.5, 4.6.
• Week 5
  Sept. 27: No reading.
  Sept. 29: 4.7--4.9.
• Week 6
  Oct. 4: No reading.
  Oct. 6: No reading.
• Week 7
  Oct. 11: 4.7--4.9.
• Week 8
  Oct. 20: 7.1--7.3.
• Week 9
  Oct. 25: Chapter 8.
  Oct. 27: Chapter 9.
• Week 12
  Nov. 15: 11.1--11.9.
  Nov. 17: 11.11--11.14.
• Week 13
  Nov. 22: 12.1--12.4, 12.7

Assignments

• Assignment 1, due Sept. 9.
• Assignment 2, due Sept. 23.

Projects

Project code style will be assessed using the following sections of Google C++ Style Guide:

1. Functions
2. Naming
3. Comments
4. Formatting

• Project 1, due Sept. 30.
• Project 2, due Oct. 28.
• Final Project, due Dec. 16 at 12:00 noon. Final Project Starter Code

Meeting Outlines

• Week 0
  Aug. 25: Math Self-Assessment Work on 1--6, 8--14, 18, 19, and 24. If you're up for a challenge, try the others. Math Self-Assessment Solutions Refer to the prompt in the Math Self-Assessment Submission in Canvas.

• Week 1
  Aug. 30, 2-D OpenGL Source code for experiments. Experiments. Work on Experiments 2.1--2.20, skipping 2.6, 2.11, 2.16, and 2.18.
  Sept. 1, 3-D OpenGL Source code for experiments. Experiments. 3-D OpenGL

• Week 2
  Sept. 6, An OpenGL Toolbox I Source code for experiments. Experiments. An OpenGL Toolbox I
  Sept. 8, An OpenGL Toolbox II Source code for experiments. Experiments. An OpenGL Toolbox II

• Week 3
  Sept. 13, Transformation Source code for experiments. Experiments. Transformation
  Sept. 15, Assignment 2 Day

• Week 4
  Sept. 20, Assignment 2 Day
  Sept. 22, Animation and Viewing Transformation Source code for experiments. Experiments. Animation and Viewing Transformation

• Week 5
  Sept. 27, Project 1 Day Sept. 29, Project 1 Day

• Week 6
  Oct. 4, Project 1 Day Oct. 6, Project 1 Day

• Week 7
  Oct. 11, Animation, Selection, and Picking Source code for experiments. Experiments. Animation, Selection, and Picking

• Week 8
  Oct. 18, Animation, Selection, and Picking Project Project 2
  Oct. 20, Convexity and Interpolation Source code for experiments. Experiments. Convexity and Interpolation

• Week 9
  Oct. 25, Triangulation Source code for experiments. Experiments. Triangulation
  Oct. 27, Orientation Source code for experiments. Experiments. Orientation

• Week 12
  Nov. 15, Color and Light I Source code for experiments. Experiments. Color and Light I
  Nov. 15, Color and Light II lightLab.zip. See the comments in each of the two source files for the experiments.

• Week 13
  Nov. 22, Texture Mapping textureLab.zip. See the comments in each of the two source files, checker.c and textureLab.c, for the experiments. See the comments at the beginning of the Makefile for build instructions.

• Final Project, Nov. 29
  Final Project, Final Project Starter Code

Linux Command Line Resources

• Linux Commands Cheat Sheet (Thanks to Marquis Kurt for finding this!)
• The Linux Command Line for Beginners, an online tutorial
• The Linux Command Line, a free e-book.

Online Computer Graphics Resources

• opengl.org.
• OpenGL documentation.
  • OpenGL Documentation for the Fixed Function Pipeline
• freeglut API Documentation.
• The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW).

C++ Resources

• A Complete Guide to Programming in C++
• Moving from Java to C++.
• C and C++ for Java Programmers.
• The C++ Resource Network.
• The C++ Language Tutorial.
• Thinking in C++, Volume 1, Thinking in C++, Volume 2.