EBoard 37: Searching and algorithm analysis

Approximate overview

  • Admin
  • Lab

Administrative stuff

Introductory notes

  • Please fill in the mentor evaluation form! Our mentors have helped you (we hope), so now is your opportunity to help our mentors.
  • Please fill out the WGMC survey (forthcoming).
  • See notes from the previous class session about incompletes.
  • I will be leaving today’s class early (explanation in class), but I’m leaving it in good hands.

Projects

Group Car: Spell checker for English

Group Cdr: Problematic language identifier (isms)

Group Map: Language identifier (what language does this seem to be in)

Group Reduce: Autocorrect

Group Apply: TBD

Group Pair: Custom Christmas Cards Pretty (CCCP)

Group List: Book summarizer

Group Struct: Adventure game

Group Section: Sentence and word analysis

Upcoming activities

Token Events

  • LFA Tuesday Nov. 30 at 2pm in 3821.
    “Optimizing for Growth in your technical career”
  • Hidden Disabilities Panel Nov. 30 at 4pm in JRC 101.
  • Finding Jobs & Internships, Part 3, Tuesday Nov. 30 at 7pm
  • Build a Professional Website with Wix. Dec 1 at 4pm. See email from CLS.
  • December 3 or 4: Vocal recital with one of your peers. Stay tuned.

Upcoming work

  • No readings for Wednesday!
  • MP8: Transforming Web Pages
    • Due Sunday.
    • Presentations a week from today.
    • Remember: Working code at (almost) all times. Start small, then add features.
    • Remember: Log your time (in fifteen-minute increments).

Q&A

Is there a rubric for MP8?

Yes. Discussed.

Are there makeups for MP8?

Possibly. There are a lot of moving parts. You’ll need to talk to me about it.

Do we only have two labs left, including today?

Yes!

Lab

Preliminaries

  • Introduce yourself to your partners.
  • Review code. No more than five minutes, focus on the documentation.

During lab

Post lab