RIT CSI Undergraduate Research abstract examples in TeX
by Fran Rogers
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
13 years, 4 months
Art and Animation Image Tests for the XO
by David Silverman
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
13 years, 5 months
How To: Getting Started with Python Graphical Programming
by JT Mengel
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
13 years, 5 months
