Turtle Fractals and Spirolaterals: Effective Assignments for Novice Graphics Programmers

Anderson, Eike Falk

Turtle Fractals and Spirolaterals: Effective Assignments for Novice Graphics Programmers

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Date

2018

Authors

Anderson, Eike Falk

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

This paper presents an effective assignment in the shape of a computer graphics application from an introductory computing course with a graphics programming flavour. The assignment involves basic 2D computer graphics used in combination with fundamental algorithmic elements to create a simple drawing application. Students are first asked to create a data structure and appropriate functions replicating the operations of a Turtle graphics system and then to use this turtle for drawing either fractals or spirolateral curves.

        @inproceedings{10.2312:eged.20181005
,
booktitle = {EG 2018 - Education Papers
},
editor = {Post, Frits and Žára, Jirí
},
title = {{Turtle Fractals and Spirolaterals: Effective Assignments for Novice Graphics Programmers
}},
author = {Anderson, Eike Falk
},
year = {2018
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1017-4656
},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {10.2312/eged.20181005
}
}