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Outline

• Discussion:  How many computers are there in this room?
• Tutorial - Hello Processing (Link)
• Video - "What is a Computer?"(Video)
• Notes - Conditionals (Link)
• Project #1: Knight and Day (Assignment)  [2]
• Skills: Shapes, Colors, Stroke, Conditionals
• Project #2 - Dancing Lights (Assignment) - [1]
• Skills: Comparison Operators, Random Numbers
• Project #3 - Supernova (Assignment) - [1]
• Skills: Int, Float, Boolean, Height, Width, Print
• Project #4 - Snake (Assignment)  - [3]
• Skills: Logical Operators, Else If, Timers, Methods
• Project #5 - Zombie (Assignment)  - [3]
• Skills: Text, Casting, Progress Bars

Coding Quiz #1 - Fall

Create a program that does the following:

• Creates a canvas 500 pixels wide and 500 pixels tall
• Sets a black background
• Draws two rectangles that are 50 pixels wide and as tall as the canvas
• One is on the left side of the screen, the other the right
• Both should be colored BROWN
• A circle should fall from the top of the screen
• It should move downward at the speed of 5 pixels per frame.
• There should be no trails
• The circle should have a new random color every frame.
• It should appear at a random location between the two brown rectangles, but never touch either of them.
• When it reaches the bottom of the screen, a new circle should appear at the top of the screen with a new position.
•   Record Time:  2 min 45 seconds by Ben L.

Vocabulary & Concepts

• Canvas
• X & Y Coordinates
• Pixels
• Stroke 
• RGB
• Conditional
• Variable
• Parameter
• Method