A first programA first programSept 14, 2010 – Day 3Sept 14, 2010 – Day 3Object-oriented Programming thru Video GamesTIDE 1840Harry HowardTulane University

Course organizationCourse organizationhttp://www.tulane.edu/~howard/

TIDE1840/Please, no food or drink!

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Course organizationCourse organizationThe SD card

on my camera screwed up, and I lost a few photos.

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Course organizationCourse organizationWe have a

budget of $75 per enrolled student: 12 x $75 = $900.

http://www.doodle.com/pnsrdq94494mhbr8

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A FIRST PROGRAMA FIRST PROGRAMDann, Cooper & Pausch §I.2.2, pp. 29-43

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Getting startedGetting startedWhat is a program?Create an initial scene

◦Space template + SciFi > spiderRobot, alienOnWheels, lunarLander + Nature > rocks

◦All the worlds for the examples in the book are on the CD, but not the code that makes stuff happen.

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ProgrammingProgrammingProgram code editor

◦the bottom right window◦defaults to World.my first method

Our story◦expand textual storyboard as on p.

31 & convert to flowchart p. 32◦translate the storyboard to program

code

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Control statements, Control statements, methods, arguments, methods, arguments, propertiespropertiesDo in order, Do togethermove, turn to face, say, orient to,

point at, move toduration, style, asSeenBy,

onlyAffectYawvehicle

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ORIENTATION & ORIENTATION & MOVEMENT MOVEMENT INSTRUCTIONSINSTRUCTIONS

Tips & techniques 2Dann, Cooper & Pausch §I.2.2, pp. . 43-57

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Other conceptsOther conceptsNestingComments

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EXERCISES 2-2EXERCISES 2-2p. 59ff

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§I.3 PROGRAMMING: §I.3 PROGRAMMING: PUTTING THE PIECES PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHERTOGETHER

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