SCHEDULE.md

Schedule (subject to change based on student progress):

1. Sept. 24 to Oct. 1

• Download and install WPILib onto their machine
• Complete “Getting Started With Java” section of Educative.io course
• First in-person meeting will be Saturday Oct. 1, 1pm to 3pm *Will ensure everyone has WPILib/VSCode installed and can write, compile, execute a simple “Hello World” program.

2. Oct. 1 to Oct. 8

• Complete “Variables & User Input” on Educative.io course
• Complete “Simple Maths & Logic” on Educative.io course
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Oct 8, 2 to 4pm
  • Will review past week’s material and preview following week’s material

3. Oct. 9 to Oct. 15

• Complete “Strings and String Processing” on Educative.io course
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Oct 15, 2:30 to 4:30pm
  • Will review past week’s material and preview following week’s material
  • Will review the basics of Git/GitHub Desktop https://www.codecademy.com/article/what-is-git-and-github-desktop

4. Oct. 16 to Oct. 22

• Complete “Conditional Statements” on Educative.io course
• Students should also practice “committing” and “reverting” using GitHub Desktop
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Oct 22, 2:30 to 4:30pm

5. Oct. 23 to Oct. 29

• Complete “Conditional Statements” on Educative.io course
• Start "Loops" on Educative.io course
  • Practice Using VS Code Debugger
• Students should also practice “committing” and “reverting” using GitHub Desktop
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Oct 29, 3:30 to 5:30pm
  • please tell metors today if you are not able to access github repository for this course
  • any questions on conditionals?
  • loops
    • try to figure out for yourself how many times a loop goes around
    • loop example
    • fib example
      • y = x^2 + 2x also written as f(x) = x^2 + 2x
      • fib(n) = fib(n-2) + fib(n-1)
      • discuss inputs and outputs
  • course difficulty increasing
  • preview next couple of weeks

6. Oct. 30 to Nov. 5

• Complete “Loops” on Educative.io course
• Start “Methods” on Educative.io course
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Nov. 5, 2:30 to 4:30pm

7. Nov. 5 to Nov. 12

• Complete "Loops" on Educative.io course
• Complete "Methods" on Educative.io course
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Nov. 12, 2:30 to 4:30
  • Mentors will help students progress on this checklist:
    [ ] challenge 1 of loops
    [ ] challenge 2 of loops
    [ ] challenge 3 of loops
    [ ] challenge 1 of methods
    [ ] challenge 2 of methods
    [ ] challenge 3 of methods
    [ ] challenge 4 of methods
    

8. Nov. 12 to Nov. 19 (Last Week!)

• Complete “Classes and Inheritance” on Educative.io course
• The two-hour office-hour/instruction will be Saturday, Nov. 19, 2:30 to 4:30
  • Coding Challenge: High Low Card Game!