Software

Week 1

Meeting Overview:

1. Creating + Setting up Codeacademy account

2. Downloading Java + Robocode

3. Setting up First Battle

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Setting up Robocode

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 1 Overview

Reflection:

• Attendance: 40% (2/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 2

Meeting Overview:

1. Hello World + Intro to Java on Codeacademy

2. Create First Robot in Robocode

3. Looking through and understanding Robot's code

*For rookies who did not attend first meet, helped them get set up with robocode in breakout rooms with one of team leads + mentor (after codeacademy lesson)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Week 2 Brief Overview

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 2 Overview

Reflection:

• Attendance: 100% (5/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 3

Meeting Overview:

1. Look through code of sample Fire bot

2. Variables lesson in Codeacademy

3. Robocode Challenges: Variables

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Robocode Challenges: Variables

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 3 Overview; ​DOC: Robocode Solutions

Reflection:

• Attendance: 100% (5/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 4

Meeting Overview:

1. Warm-up Review Questions (10min)

2. Codeacademy Conditionals (if-else statements) (40min)

3. Looking at Robocode Sample Bot Corners (15min)

4. Robocode Challenges (10min)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Warm-up, Overview, Challenges

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 4 Overview;​DOC: Conditionals/Control Flow

Reflection:

• Attendance: 80% (4/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 5

Meeting Overview:

1. Warm-up Review Questions (10min)

2. Codeacademy Lesson on Conditional Operators (15min)

3. Robocode Challenges (10min)

4. Codeacademy on Loops (20min)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Warm-up, Overview, Challenges; ​DOC: Warmup Questions + Answers

• Notes/Script: ​Week 5 Overview

Reflection:

• Attendance: 80% (4/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 6

Meeting Overview:

1. Robocode API: Methods (15mins)

2. Applying Methods (15min)

3. Battlefield Basics (15min)

4. Robocode Exercises (10mins)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Battle Field Basics + Robocode Exercises

• Notes/Script: N/A

Reflection:

• Attendance: 40% (2/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 7

Meeting Overview:

1. Kahoot Week 1-6 Robotics Review (20min)

   • (Variables, Conditionals, + Operators, Loops, Methods)

2. Object Oriented Java Lesson on Code Academy: Classes (30min)

3. Looking at sample bot and seeing the effects of modifying some of its behavior (20min)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​Kahoot

• Notes/Script: ​Kahoot Q&A + Explanations; ​Week 7 Overview Doc

Reflection:

• Attendance: 60% (3/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 8

Meeting Overview:

1. Class Review (5mins)

2. New Concepts: Accessors + Mutators, Overloaded Methods (10mins)

3. Creating Enemy Bot Class (25mins)

4. Advanced Scanning (10mins)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Week 8

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 8 Overview; ​DOC: Enemy Robot

Reflection:

• Attendance: 80% (4/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 9

Meeting Overview:

1. Enemy Tracking: (Firepower Calculation, Gun Movement, Simple + More efficient Aiming, Avoiding Premature Shooting) (20min)

2. Brief Overview of Trig (5min)

3. Linear Targeting (using trig) (15min)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Week 9

• Notes/Script: ​DOC: Week 9 Overview ​DOC: Linear Targeting

Reflection:

• Attendance: 20% (1/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• *Note: Reflection not implemented until Week 10

Week 10

Meeting Overview:

1. Talked about Kickoff + reviewed last week's objectives (10min)

2. Reviewed previous topics on Codeacademy (30min)

3. Introduced Skill Pins + Robocode Project (5min)

4. Gave them independent time to work on Robocode Project (until end of meet)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT

• Notes/Script: N/A

Reflection:

• Attendance: 40% (2/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: Java 1 (Just earned: 1 person; total: 1/5)

• Overall Rating: 4

  • (1= Garbage, 10= Absolutely Amazing)

  • Team leads: 4

  • Rookies: N/A

• Pacing: 3

  • (1= too slow, 3= perfect, 5= too fast; from rookie's perspective)

• Understanding of material: 3

  • (1= Nothing, 5= Understood everything; from rookie's perspective)

What went well

What could be improved on

Team Leads

Finished on time; Completed objective

Prepare more, Have more topics/elaborate more

Rookies

Liked building on their knowledge in Java; using Codeacademy

Disliked learning about code for programming robots; wished the speed of info was more spread out (learned 3hrs worth of info in 20min); wanted more clarification on Robocode commands

Other Notes: Main team lead wasn't at the meet; went a bit messier than usual

Week 11

Meeting Overview:

1. Designing Bots Strategies (5mins)

2. Introducing Building Robocode Outline (5mins)

3. Showing Example Robot based on Outline + Demoing it (10min)

4. Figure 8 Movement Pattern (15min)

5. Independent time to work on Robocode Bots + Individual Breakout room with one of team leads to ask questions if necessary (until end of meet)

Links:

• Video Recording: ​Recording

• PPT/Resources used in Presentation: ​PPT: Constructing Bot Strategies; ​DOC: Outline

• Notes/Script: N/A

Reflection:

• Attendance: 80% (4/5)

• Skill Pins Earned: N/A

• Overall Rating: 8.5

  • (1= Garbage, 10= Absolutely Amazing)

  • Team leads: 9

  • Rookies: 8

• Pacing: 3

  • (1= too slow, 3= perfect, 5= too fast; from rookie's perspective)

• Understanding of material: 3

  • (1= Nothing, 5= Understood everything; from rookie's perspective)

What went well

What could be improved on

Team Leads

Very prepared, well-timed

Maybe compiling and saving as you work along (for robocode)

Rookies

N/A

N/A