CSE 142: Computer Programming I, Autumn 2012

Announcements

• [12/07] Critter tournament results posted — nice work, everyone!
• [11/29] Final exam: information, cheat sheet draft and sample tests posted.
• [11/20] CSE143 registration: I'm excited to continue with many of you in CSE143 next quarter! Everyone who wants to take the class will be accommodated. Keep checking the time schedule for open spots or e-mail Pim Lustig for an add code.

Interesting links

• [12/03] Electronic/metal producer The Algorithm just released an album called Polymorphic Code. You're welcome.
• [11/09] Demand for software engineers keeps climbing -- and so do the salaries
• [10/29] In lecture today, I briefly showed a NYTimes visualization of how states have shifted politically. This kind of representation is really only possible because we have computers and some nice data structures and algorithms. (If you were wondering why people told me to go see today's XKCD, see here)
• [10/22] Lottery wins come easy if you can spot the loopholes; Make your software behave: Playing the numbers (old but still interesting)
• [10/15] Double buffering -- how to stop that annoying flicker from Friday's ball dropping example. Don't look too closely at the code since it assumes a somewhat different graphics context but pay attention to the big ideas.
• [10/11] Java Life rap video -- "keep the syntax light and the algorithm tight!"
• [10/9] The Cities With The Most Computer Science Jobs -- in particular: "jobs for computer scientists will increase by 19% between 2010 and 2020" and "the jobs with the greatest number of listings include software engineer, systems engineer, software developer, Java developer and business analyst."
• [10/9] Google Puts Its Virtual Brain Technology to Work
• [10/4] Practice your binary number skills from exploration session with the binary game!
• [09/23] What is computer science?