AP Computer Science

Wednesday (1/8/20)

Warmup:

1. Take out a piece of paper
2. Draft the layout of one or more rows of Brick
   • Include the x-y coordinates of each Brick
   • Include the dimensions of the window, each Brick, and any gaps
   • Number each Brick from 0, 1, 2, etc. horizontally (top-most left Brick is 0)
3. Find a pattern!

Agenda:

• for-loop initialization tricks
• Two-dimensional for-loop tricks
• boolean checkWin(Brick[] bricks) method
  • What are the different ways to determine if a we have cleared all the Brick objects?
• Re-implement Brick Breaker such that it utilizes an array of Brick objects
  • Be sure to create a new sketch and do *not* to lose or overwrite your old program
  • Implement a one row of Brick in your object arrays Brick Breaker
  • Implement and demonstrate a multi-row Brick Breaker game that has winning and losing

Monday (1/6/20)

Agenda:

• Re-familiarize yourself with everything
• CSTA/ACM Cutler-Bell Scholarship
• Object-oriented programming review
• Brick Breaker (bad) demo and debrief
• null keyword review
• Arrays of objects
  • Object array instantiation (creation)
  • Object array initialization
  • Object array usage
  • Iteration through an object array
• for-loop initialization tricks
• Two-dimensional for-loop tricks
• Re-implement Brick Breaker such that it utilizes an array of Brick objects
  • Be sure to create a new sketch and do *not* to lose or overwrite your old program

Tuesday - Thursday (12/17/19 - 12/19/19)

Agenda:

• Complete and demo Brick Breaker
• Rectangle-circle collision detection
  • https://yal.cc/rectangle-circle-intersection-test/
  • Read above
  • ...but wait...what about the corners? (Hint: Use our circle-circle collision resolution)
  • http://flatredball.com/documentation/tutorials/math/circle-collision/
• Brick Breaker description
  1. Ball bounces around the screen and off of bricks and the paddle
  2. Paddle that moves along the x-axis by following the mouse (lookup mouseX and mouseY)
  3. Row of Bricks at the top of the screen
     • Bricks disappear if they are hit by the ball
  4. Lose if ball goes past the bottom of the screen
  5. Win if all bricks are gone
• null keyword
• Arrays of objects
  • Object array instantiation (creation)
  • Object array initialization
  • Object array usage
  • Iteration through an object array

Friday (12/13/19)

Agenda:

• Circle and Brick intersection test program
  • Create a small Processing program to test out the math between the intersection a circle and rectangle
  • Use variables for everything
  • https://yal.cc/rectangle-circle-intersection-test/
• Complete Brick class definition
• Brick Breaker description
  1. Ball bounces around the screen and off of bricks and the paddle
  2. Paddle that moves along the x-axis by following the mouse
  3. Row of Bricks at the top of the screen
     • Bricks disappear if they are hit by the ball
  4. Lose if ball goes past the bottom of the screen
  5. Win if all bricks are gone

Monday - Wednesday (12/9/19 - 12/11/19)

Agenda:

• Processing review
  • Bouncing Ball
  • Brick Breaker
• Class construction and object usage
  • Ball class notes
  • Brick objects for Brick Breaker
    • What instance variables (attributes) should a Brick have?
    • What methods (behaviors) should a Brick have?
• Circle and Brick intersection test program
  • Create a small Processing program to test out the math between the intersection a circle and rectangle
  • Use variables for everything
• Object usage slides
• Classes slides

Thursday (12/5/19)

Agenda:

• Test 10 questions?
• Activity 12 check
• Coming soon...Processing review
  • Bouncing Ball
  • Brick Breaker

Tuesday (12/3/19)

Agenda:

• Java Methods & Strings quiz
• Repl.it reminder - all assignments should be completed by now
• Multiple Variable Declarations
• Overloaded Methods
  • Exercises & Examples
  • Why would we want to overload methods?
• Complete Activity 12: Optional Arguments