15110 Principles of Computing SUMMER SESSION ONE - 2013

RESOURCES

Consult this page for extra help hours, notes on using Ruby, and links to learn more about the field of computing.

Extra Help Hours

SCHEDULE TO BE POSTED SHORTLY

SUNDAYS	TBD	TBD
MONDAYS	1:00-4:30PM	GHC 3000
TUESDAYS	1:00-4:30PM	GHC 3000
WEDNESDAYS	1:00-4:30PM	GHC 3000
THURSDAYS	1:00-4:30PM	GHC 3000
FRIDAYS	1:00-4:30PM	GHC 3000
SATURDAYS	none	none

Additional Extra Help

We have set up an account with Piazza, a new online tool for you to post and answer questions about course material. You should receive an email invite. Participation in Piazza is optional, and you can set the frequency of messages from Piazza individually. Some of our course assistants and the instructors are monitoring Piazza regularly. Please do NOT post assignment answers or Ruby code you are using for your assignments. The questions should be about course material or general questions about the assignments.

Academic Development on campus also offers additional tutoring services for 15-110 and other introductory courses. Visit their website for more information.

Using Ruby

Look here for notes on using Ruby and the labs in your textbook.

Textbook Website - includes manuals for Ruby setup in Windows, MacOS, and Linux
Ruby in Twenty Minutes - learn some basics in 20 minutes!
Learn to Program (2nd Edition) by Chris Pine - beginner's guide to programming in Ruby
Ruby Essentials - a concise reference for all things Ruby

Course Tools

Look here for other tools and resources we use in class.

Light-Bot 2.0 - program the robot to solve a variety of challenges
Computer History Museum - take a virtual field trip to Silicon Valley
gedit - the text editor we use in lab, installers for Mac OS X and Windows are available

Additional Computing Resources

Computers and computational thinking have influenced the sciences, humanities, economics, and many other fields. With the aid of computation, many fields have made tremendous strides recently. Check out these news sources about how computation makes a difference in the world today!