CS 420 Course Materials
Fall 2024

General

• Syllabus.
• Integrity in My Computer Science Courses.

Reading Assignments

• Week 1
  Aug. 26: No reading.
  Aug. 28: Chapter 1, 2.1--2.7.
• Week 2
  Sept. 4: 2.8--2.12.
  
• Week 3
  Sept. 9: 3.1--3.7.
  Sept. 11: 3.8--3.15.
• Week 4
  Sept. 16: 4.1--4.4.
  
• Week 5
  Sept. 23: No reading.
  Sept. 25: No reading.
• Week 6
  Sept. 30: 4.5, 4.6.
  Oct. 2: No reading.
• Week 7
  Oct. 7: No reading.
  Oct. 9: No reading.
• Week 8
  Oct. 14: 4.7--4.9.
• Week 9
  Oct. 23: 7.1--7.3.
• Week 10
  Oct. 28: Chapter 8.
  Oct. 30: Chapter 9.
• Week 12
  Nov. 11: 11.1--11.9.
  Nov. 13: 11.11--11.14.
• Week 13
  Nov. 18: 12.1--12.4, 12.7

Assignments

• Assignment 1, due Sept. 16.
• Assignment 2, due Sept. 30.

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 Oct. 18. canvasDemos.zip Programs demonstrating how to draw text in OpenGL (FontsCanvas) and how to read a line of text from the keyboard in C++ (StringInput). Be sure to read the header comment for the StringInput program.
• Project 2, due Nov. 1.
• Final Project, due Dec. 11 at 12:00 noon. The starter code is in the FinalProject folder.

Meeting Outlines

• Week 1
  Aug. 26: Math Self-Assessment Work on 1--6, 8--14, 18, and 19. Math Self-Assessment Solutions Refer to the prompt in the Math Self-Assessment Submission in Canvas.
  Aug. 28, 2-D OpenGL Experiments. Work on Experiments 2.1--2.20.

  If you are not using a GitHub repository, open a terminal window in the folder in which you want to create your CS 420 source code folder and then run the command:

     tar xzf ~kelliher/Class/Cs420/cs420Source.tar.gz
     

• Week 2
  Sept. 4, 3-D OpenGL Experiments. 3-D OpenGL

• Week 3
  Sept. 9, An OpenGL Toolbox I Experiments. An OpenGL Toolbox I
  Sept. 11, An OpenGL Toolbox II Experiments. An OpenGL Toolbox II

• Week 4
  Sept. 16, Transformation Experiments. Transformation

• Week 5
  Sept. 23, Assignment 2 Day
  Sept. 25, Assignment 2 Day

• Week 6
  Sept. 30, Animation and Viewing Transformation Experiments. Animation and Viewing Transformation
  Oct. 2, Project 1 Day

• Week 7
  Oct. 7, Project 1 Day
  Oct. 9, Project 1 Day

• Week 8
  Oct. 14, Animation, Selection, and Picking Experiments. Animation, Selection, and Picking

• Week 9
  Oct. 21, Animation, Selection, and Picking Project Project 2
  Oct. 23, Convexity and Interpolation Experiments. Convexity and Interpolation

• Week 10
  Oct. 28, Triangulation Experiments. Triangulation
  Oct. 30, Orientation Experiments. Orientation

• Week 12
  Nov. 11, Color and Light I Experiments. Color and Light I
  Nov. 13, Color and Light II
  • Download, unzip, and experiment with SphereInBox2
  • Look in the LightLab folder. See the comments in each of the two source files for the experiments.

• Week 13
  Nov. 18, Texture Mapping Look in the TextureLab folder. 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. 25
  Final Project. The starter code is in the FinalProject folder.

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. If you can't find documentation for a gl function here, consult the next reference.
  • OpenGL 4 Reference Pages.
• freeglut API Documentation.
• The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW).

C++ Resources

• Debugging Programs with gdb. A short introduction to gdb.
• Debugging with GDB. The complete gdb documentation.
• 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.