Week 1 of Beyond the Mouse will introduce you to each other and to programming as a skill.
Learning goals are:
- Orient yourself in the MATLAB interface and the computing lab
- Understand the following concepts: variables, operators number literals, statements, functions
- Write your first small pieces of script and your first function.
Things to do:
- Download the updated syllabus .
- Download the extended slides with notes.
- Download the lab files.
- Do the optional readings:
- Hahn & Valentine ch. 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, and 3.1 or Attaway, ch 1.1 to 1.4
- R. Grapenthin, “Computer Programing for Geosciences: Teach Your Students How to Make Tools”. https://eos.org/opinions/computer-programing-for-geosciences-teach-your-students-how-to-make-tools (by the original instructor of this course)
- P. Guo, “Why Scientists and Engineers Must Learn Programming”. https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/166115-why-scientists-and-engineersmust-learn-programming/fulltext