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		<title>APCS :: Starting GoogleApp Engine - Assnmt due: Wed. June 3, in class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Download the google app engine stuff for your computer: http://code.google.com/appengine/
You&#8217;ll eventually need to get a google account if you don&#8217;t already have one in order to upload your applications to the real intertubes.
2. The text recommends a firefox plugin called firebug (download from here).  I recommend both using Firefox and installing Firebug.  However, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/05/29/apcs-starting-googleapp-engine-assnmt-due-wed-june-3-in-class/</link>
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		<title>HTML and CSS &#8212; Due: in-class Friday, May 29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to take a quick break from Python to learn some HTML and CSS.  We&#8217;ll pick python back up on Friday.
Do these assignments which were all provided by Ms. Billingsley.  Develop your html locally, and save each file into a folder.  Zip up the folder and submit it as: username.htmlLab.zip by Friday, May 29
HTML [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/05/26/html-and-css-due-in-class-friday-may-29/</link>
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		<title>Python 2 :: word counting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scholars,
Your assignment is to produce the top 10 words from decl.txt.  The algorthim is this:
1.
for each word in the file
if the word does not exist in the dictionary
put the word into a dictionary with a value of 1
else
increment the value associated with the word
2.
invert the dictionary
so instead of word-&#62;count  mappings, it will contain count-&#62;[list,of,words,with,this,count]
3.
sort the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/05/19/python-2-word-counting/</link>
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		<title>Post AP :: Starting python</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the official python documentation:
http://docs.python.org/
It includes tutorials, HOW-TOs, and the API.
Things you need to know for Tuesday:
1. How to run a simple python program in IDLE
2. Numerical types and arithmetic
3. String types and string manipulation methods
4. How to print and concatenate strings with numerical and string variables
5. The raw_input function, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/05/15/post-ap-starting-python/</link>
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		<title>Lab 22 :: Catching Plagiarists - DUE: MEOM Sunday, May 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the last lab assignment of APCS  
Assignment Sheet:
Lab22_CatchingPlagiarists.pdf [If you CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADE, you'll read the assignment sheet carefully.  Especially the descriptions of each grading Milestone.]
Document Sets:

Lab22_bigDocSet.zip - 1,354 docs &#8212; ~1,615,193 words
Lab22_medDocSet.zip - 75 docs &#8212; ~91,273 words
Lab22_smDocSet.zip - 25 docs &#8212; ~33,946 words

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		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/04/27/lab-22-catching-plagiarists-due-meom-sunday-may-10/</link>
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		<title>Lab 21 : Air Traffic Analysis - Due. MEOM Fri. Apr. 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem Description: Lab21_RealProblems2_AirTraffic.pdf
Daily Flight Lists: Lab21_FlightLists.zip
How to read a directory of files: See HOWTO on right sidebar
What do the airport codes stand for?: Lab21_allAirports.txt
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		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/04/15/lab-21-air-traffic-analysis-due-meom-fri-apr-24/</link>
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		<title>Lab 20 :: Document Similarity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We discussed Lab 20 at length in class.  Here is a copy of the problem statement I handed out&#8230;.
Handout: Lab20_RealProblems1_documentSimilarity.pdf
Text Documents: http://library.ucls.uchicago.edu
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		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/04/11/lab-20-document-similarity/</link>
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		<title>AP Review I :: Litvin MC A1, A2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will suggest some AP Review items to do for each weekend between now and the exam.
As a first suggestion for AP Review I suggest attempting one or both of the A1 and A2 Multiple Choice (MC) tests from the Litvin book.  The A test (as opposed to the AB) has the same difficulty of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/04/03/ap-review-i-litvin-mc-a1-a2/</link>
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		<title>Lab 19 :: Ant Behavior - Due. MEOM Wed. Apr. 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Program and watch the emergent behavior of Ants!
Assignment Sheet: Lab19_AntBehavior.pdf
There are no starting project files for this one - you can just use an existing GridWorld project to start in.  I suggest something with Critters.  You will want some images, probably.  Here are the ones I used in my simulation:
Ant: 
AntHill:
Food: 
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		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/04/02/lab-19-ant-behavior-due-meom-wed-apr-8/</link>
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		<title>Quiz 5 :: Sorting - posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quiz 5 is live on the moodle site.
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		<link>http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/apcs09/2009/03/09/quiz-5-sorting-posted/</link>
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