COMP1400

Update 27/8: The problem described below seems to occur if you have your objects organised into folders. You may want to temporarily move any objects with methods out of their folders so that you can export their methods properly.

When you export your source code to HTML for submission, please check that all your methods are [...]

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Lab Exercises

Chapter 3 Exercise 4 — Volleyball Jump
Chapter 3 Exercise 7 — Snowman to Stool
Chapter 4 Exercise 10 — Lock Combination

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The main task of this week’s lab is to present your storyboards for assignment 1. We will be collecting copies of your storyboards, so please have paper versions available.
Remember that a storyboard has both pictures and text. You should have a short description of what each (active) object is doing in each scene.
Once everyone has [...]

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Word on the street is that the UNSW bookstore finally has the Alice textbook in stock. For a whopping $70! Whoa.
I’m afraid, by our agreement with the publishers, this means that I have to take down the PDF versions.

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Some frequently asked questions and answers about Ass 1.

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For assignment 1 you need to submit 2 files: an Alice world (.a2w) file and a HTML (.html) file. The HTML file should be generated using “Export Code For Printing…” under the File menu in Alice. This will allow us to hand-mark your code and give you feedback.
When you are ready to submit [...]

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The lecture videos are coming online. There is an RSS feed and an iTunes Podcast Feed available. If there are other formats that would be more convenient for you, please let me know.
Lectures 2 & 3 are available at the moment. Sound quality is currently an issue we are working on.

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Design and program an animated scene about the Olympics. The scene can show anything you like, as long as your program satisfies the following criteria:

It is at least 30 seconds long
It contains at least 3 moving objects
Two or more objects must move simultaneously
At least one object moves its subparts.
Your program must use at least 2 [...]

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Do the following exercises from the textbook and show your code to the tutor:

Circiling Fish, Ch 2 Ex 3
Helicopter Flight, Ch 4 Ex 4
Magnet Fun, Ch 2 Ex 5

Use methods where appropriate. Make sure you add comments to your code to explain any unclear parts.

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Pearson Education Australia have graciously given us electronic copies of the first four chapters of the textbook to use until such time as more paper copies are available (soon, I hope).
The PDFs can be downloaded here. Note that you will need to provide your CSE login and password to access this page. Please do not [...]

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