CMPT 166 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Computer Mouse, Ellipse, Java Virtual Machine

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Computing Science
• Course: CMPT 166
• Professor: Steven Pearce

Document Summary

In these notes you will learn: what this course is about, the pre-requisites for taking this course, the basic components of a computer, the definition of a programming language, some examples of popular programming languages. This course is an introduction to computer programming using the processing language. You don"t need to know anything about programming to take this course. But we do assume you: have interest in learning how to program, enjoy playing with graphics and animation. You don"t need any artistic skill, just a willingness to learn about basic 2d-animation and graphics: know high school algebra. We"ll be using things like (x, y) coordinates, and few other mathematical ideas that should be no problem for you if you"ve taken a high-school algebra course. Computers are everywhere, and they all run programs. A program is a sequence of instructions that tell the computer what to do, and a programmers job is to create and arrange these instructions.