[math4] Math project # 4.N.7 - Recognize classes

[Karlie Robinson]

Doug Glenn wrote:
> During my first semester brushing up on HS level Math, I had a very
> interesting teacher who taught me some interesting, yet easy ways to
> get up to speed, one of which was factoring.  My teacher also
> programmed a little, so we chatted numerous times since that class
> talking computers and teaching methods.  He would be delighted to give
> me a hand, and so both of us will work on trying to get make it
> interesting, challenging and above all, fun.
>   

Excellent, Doug.  Glad you and your teacher can join us. 

There's a lot of info to digest, so feel free to ask questions via this 
list and we'll all do our best to answer them for you.  Other than that, 
dive right in. 
> I have been trying to plow through the last couple months of mail in
> the list trying to get a handle on how things are progressing.  One
> item mentioned was an API.  I would like to find it and see what has
> already been done with it.  I'd also like to see if there is a common
> set of classes people are going to use, etc. It would be great if
> there was a common set of classes, declared global variable names,
> etc.  Has this been done?
>
>   

We should have more info on the API and where it will end up for the 
summer after the Final for the RIT Honors Seminar tomorrow (Monday) 
afternoon when final presentations will be made. In the mean time, 
check  
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/RIT/Projects/Question_Support_API/API_Design 
and 
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/RIT/Projects/Question_Support_API/Data_Model

Info about the final and the meeting is at 
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/Meetings

> Where also would I find all existing source code for these projects?
>   

Good question!  I had assumed the students were using the SugarLabs.org 
GIT repository for version control, but it's not obvious on either page 
where the source is right now.  That is if there's been any code written 
so far.  I'll check with the students tomorrow and see if we can add 
some links and such before they're off for the summer. 

> Who is writing up the documentation on the API and classes?  The more
> information I can find, the better.
>   

Right now, it's fairly loose as to who's doing what, but the API being 
written at RIT should have complete docs if the kids want to get an A 
for the class. 
> Thanks to all in advance!
>   

It's our pleasure.  I'm sorry if I didn't answer all your questions as 
throughly as I'd like.  I have yet another cold and I'm sure my minimal 
answers aren't as welcoming as they could be.  Good news is that summer 
is almost here and my children will find fewer germs to breed and share 
with the family.

~Karlie