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RIT CSI Undergraduate Research abstract examples in TeX
by Fran Rogers 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

Howdy y'all: I've attached a simple example of how to do a proper abstract for our research presentations in LaTeX. Save both to the same directory and run "pdflatex example.tex", and check out the .pdf it spits out. (You can rename example.tex to whatever you'd like; leave csiabstract.sty saved under that name, though.) -Fran

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Art and Animation Image Tests for the XO
by David Silverman 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

For the past four weeks I, David Silverman, and Scott Mengel have been working on creating best practices guidelines for art and animation resources on the XO platform. We have been performing various tests of different image types and animation methods. At this stage we are preparing to create a full featured animation engine for the XO which will be usable with software built for the platform and is currently implemented in Pygame. So far we have found out some interesting information however some of our results have turned out differently than we expected. We would be very appreciative if some of you would download our test programs and run them on your systems to see if you get similar results so that we could either verify our results or see where we went wrong. The goal here is to go into development of the animation system with as much information as possible. I have attached a text file with a detailed explanation of our results to this e-mail if you would like to read through it. If you would like to help verify our results our GIT address is http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=fortune_hunter.git and the tests can be found under devtools/CompleteTest We can be contacted at nibor123(a)gmail.com or jtmengel(a)gmail.com -- Sincerely, David Silverman Student Multi-Disciplinary Studies Rochester Institute of Technology 273-B Perkins Rd Rochester, NY 14623 drs5669(a)rit.edu David.Richard.Silverman(a)gmail.com 732-429-8493

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How To: Getting Started with Python Graphical Programming
by JT Mengel 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi all, I was speaking with the group from Games for Science about how to get bootstrapped in the world of Python game programming and thought that this might be information that others might want to get their hands on. First, a few important facts: - Whereas other languages are broken down using brackets, Python is based on indentation/white space. - Python does not require you to declare data type for variables (the old '*int a = 3*' is just '*a=3*') - Python is not named after the snake, but Monty Python's Flying Circus; any Monty Python related comments are not only allowed, they are encouraged (seriously, that's out of the official documentation, *read the paragraph 4th from the bottom <http://docs.python.org/tutorial/appetite.html> *) A good place to get started is the official Python documentation ( *Python 2.7 Library* <http://docs.python.org/library/> ) and do a little reading, especially in section 2 since it covers all of Python's built-in functions. Remember: if it's not a part of Python, it can be imported. (which brings us to our next link...) Python doesn't have the best support for graphics in the world, so we import a library called 'PyGame <http://www.pygame.org/news.html>'. PyGame has a pretty good site, and when I learned Python I actually skipped the official tutorials and went straight to the PyGame tutorials<http://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials> . Finally, PEP-8 is a standard for indentation, capitalization, commenting format, etc. Attached is a PEP-8 complacency cheat sheet (because we all know from high school history class that cheat sheets are a force of *good*). Using PEP-8 will make you the object of adoration of your coworkers and online peers. I promise. And, on a final note, if you're ever lost *read the documentation*. This isn't my being sadistic and tricking you into killing hours of your time, reading official documentation will make you more dangerous in any language you ever choose to pick up. * * *And speaking of cheat sheets, here's a cheat sheet for this email...* Documentation: docs.Python.org/library <http://docs.python.org/library/index.html> - www.pygame.org/docs/ref/index <http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/index.html> - Pygame library notes My common resources: Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/> - An excellent resource any programmer should know. Google <http://www.google.com> - Throw 'Python' or 'Pygame' in the name and google like mad. IRC - On the Freenode servers <http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml> you can find help from #Python and #Pygame channels If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email to let me know! JT Mengel || JTMengel(a)gmail.com

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